Small business owners nervous about President Biden’s push to hike the minimum wage are pitching their own market-driven alternatives to a one-size-fits-all federal mandate. Instead…
Alex Padilla, Zoe Lofgren nix ‘illegal alien’ from immigration lexicon
The first thing newly minted Sen. Alex Padilla did after he was granted the gavel at the Senate’s key subcommittee handling immigration matters was to…
Joe Biden pushes Michigan trip to Pfizer facility to Friday
President Biden is pushing a planned Thursday trip to a Pfizer facility in Michigan back a day with an expected winter storm brewing in the…
Rhode Island police search-and-seizure case makes it to Supreme Court
Police entered the home of a Rhode Island man after a domestic dispute and took his two handguns without a warrant, citing mental health concerns…
Gun registry bill from Sheila Jackson Lee called ‘dangerous’
Retired police officers are rallying against a Democratic bill to create a publicly accessible gun registry, saying it puts their lives in danger by advertising…
Some immigrants would get cheaper tuition in proposed plan
PHOENIX (AP) – Voters would be asked to allow Arizona residents enrolled in a federal program for young people illegally brought to the United States…
Activists fight against GOP state proposals to tighten election rules
Liberal groups that pushed for expanded mail-in voting for the 2020 elections are fighting to prevent Republicans in battleground states from tightening the rules that…
Bill on civil rights lawsuits passed by New Mexico House
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – Legislators in the New Mexico House of Representatives endorsed reforms to rein in police immunity from prosecution, voting 39-29 on…
David Perdue tees up Raphael Warnock Senate challenge in Georgia
ATLANTA — Former Georgia Sen. David Perdue filed campaign paperwork Monday, opening up the potential for the recently defeated Republican to run against Democratic Sen.…
Bernie Sanders $15 minimum wage would affect budget, CBO says
The Congressional Budget Office has given a boost to Sen. Bernard Sanders’ push to use the budget process to raise the federal minimum wage to…