A California agricultural region is under water test
SACRAMENT- California water regulators took the unprecedented step of cracking down on one of the state's major agricultural regions for…
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The Counterproductive Logic of “States' Rights” Abortion Foes
To the editor: As for the abortion debate, I would like to see the enemies of personal choice follow their…
Voters Unconvinced by Kamala Harris Despite Her Rising Profile on Abortion
PHOENIX — When a group of cross-voters were asked during a focus group about Vice President Kamala Harris, their assessments…
Opinion: You don't want Biden or Trump to have that much power? Maybe the United States needs a polypresidency
At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Pennsylvania delegate James Wilson raised an apparently un-American idea. He said the executive branch…
Could Trump become president after being convicted of a crime?
WASHINGTON- Former President Trump made history last year as the first of the country's chief executives to be charged with…
Column: Biden's big speech didn't move the needle. What will it be?
WASHINGTON- Two weeks after President Biden's State of the Union address, it is clear that the speech has not changed…
Will California finally elect a woman governor in 2026?
In 173 years as a state, California has had 40 governors. Democrats, Republicans, members of the Unionist and Know-Nothing parties.…
Opinion: Californians passed Proposition 1. How does the state make it work?
In a race so close that it took more than two weeks to decide the race, Californians narrowly approved Proposition…
Gasoline prices in California have gone up. The fault is not only the oil companies
To the editor: The Times editorial board criticizes greedy oil companies for charging Californians the highest gasoline prices in the…
Texas immigration law suspended again after whiplash rulings
WASHINGTON- The Texas immigration law that would empower police to arrest people suspected of entering the United States illegally is…