On Sunday, a federal judge blocked rules from the Trump administration that allowed most businesses to opt out of paying for contraceptives for their employees on the grounds of a moral or religious objection. Judge Haywood Gilliam granted the request for a preliminary injunction by California, Washington D.C, and 12 other states, but limited the…
Tim Pearce on December 31, 2018 California’s largest utility could face murder charges or manslaughter charges if found responsible for sparking recent, deadly wildfires around the state, according to the state attorney general. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, filed documents Friday with Northern California’s federal district court warning that the utility company Pacific Gas and Electric…
Jason Hopkins on October 26, 2018 Xavier Becerra, the Democratic attorney general of California, said Friday that he hopes news coverage of the attempted pipe bomb attacks don’t distract from the “ticking time bomb” that is climate change. “And while today’s news may be all about these pipe bombs that are threatening so many Americans, let us…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Gun rights activists rejoice! A California law prohibiting the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines has been blocked by a federal judge, just days before it was to be implemented. U.S. District Judge Roger Benitez, in his ruling Thursday, said that the law limiting ammo magazines from containing more…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Joshua Gill California is restricting state government funded travel to four more states after each of them passed laws deemed harmful to the LGBT community. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced the addition of Alabama, Kentucky, South Dakota, and Texas to a travel ban list Thursday at a press…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Grant M. Deltz State funded travel was banned from California to Texas, Alabama, Kentucky and South Dakota this week by California’s attorney general, Xavier Becerra. This ban is in response to what he interprets as anti-LGBT rights laws which have been enacted this year. The list already included North…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Yesterday California Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R), spoke to KFIAM640 and explained that she has sent a letter to CA Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D) calling for an investigation into quid pro quo vote trading, which helped to pass the “Golden State’s” enormous Gas Tax bill. Melendez, a Republican in California, which…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Civil rights groups called out school districts in nearly three dozen California counties last week for inquiring about students’ citizenship and immigration status, raising the issue of how public schools deal with their obligation to educate the state’s enormous immigrant population. California Rural Legal Assistance and the…