The state Senate this week endorsed a locally authored plan that would boost California's geothermal energy production. Senate Bill 1139 would require that energy retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities have more geothermal energy in their renewable energy portfolios.Desert Sun...
A bill introduced in the California state senate aims to prevent the dangers ofartificial intelligence. Critics, including Google and Meta, say the bill could stifle innovation and even kill California’s significant tech industry. The Senate bill,SB 1047, has been introduced by Senator Scott Wi...
On May 31, 2023, the California Senate passed Senate Bill (SB) No. 553 by a vote of 29–8. The legislation would establish new workplace violence prevention standards in California.
private banks or credit unions can apply for a limited-purpose state charter so they can provide depository services to licensed cannabis businesses. The measure,Senate Bill 51, still requires approval of the Assembly and California Gov. Gavin Newsom to become law. ...
The bill passed the state Senate on Tuesday and received approval from the state Assembly on Wednesday morning. California Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed the bill and is expected to sign it. The measure, which would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020, stipulates that workers must be designated as...
The potential legalization of certain psychedelic drugs in California continued to take more odd turns in the past few weeks, with Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) recently announcing a new plan: working with Republicans to create a bill that would... ...
Earlier this week the Globe reported on a proposed bill in the U.S. Senate that would allow the victims of crimes committed by illegal aliens to sue the sanctuary cities that facilitated that crime. In “Make California Safe Again: Bill... Make California Safe Again: Bill Introduced to Cu...
U.S. Senate China Bill Would Create 'Chief Manufacturing' Post in Research Boost More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A handout picture from October 2019 shows a component of Google's Quantum Computer in the Santa Barbara lab, California, U.S. Google/Handout via REUTERS By David Shepards...
California’s Senate approved a bill this week requiring presidential candidates to submit five years’ worth of tax returns in order to appear on the ballot, joining 18 other states in a jab at President Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns. ...
Bill Johnson. Earlier this year, Johnson vacated the deep-red seat, which stretches along Ohio’s eastern border with West Virginia and Pennsylvania, to take a job as president of Youngstown State University. Rulli, a state senator from the Youngstown area, had the endorsement of former ...