Congress

Cannabis December 9, 2020

Weed keeps winning

Hey! Happy Holidays and all that stuff. Got any predictions for the new year? I’m glad you asked. Cannabis is still winning. In the November…

COVID-19, News December 2, 2020

Local news on life support

Can a bill before Congress keep communities from falling into the dark? “If newspapers die, the crooks won’t cry,” Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr….

Cannabis, News October 12, 2020

Legalizing cannabis

After 50 years, Congress gets serious about changing the law, but won’t vote before the election A historic vote in the U.S. House on the…

COVID-19, News, Voices July 22, 2020

What’s at stake

Editor’s note: How bad will the pandemic get for families without more financial help? Three new studies show just how bad. As politicians in Washington,…

2020 election, COVID-19, News, Voices July 21, 2020

Achilles heel?

Editor’s note: Could COVID-19 pandemic break Tom McClintock’s iron grip on congressional seat? Rep. Tom McClintock has been entrenched in office since 2009, despite his…

COVID-19, Voices June 19, 2020

Snapshots from the protests

A demonstration sponsored by the American Bus Association aimed to raise awareness about the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the private bus industry. (Photo…

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News, Voices August 5, 2019

Essay: Enough is enough

Congress must ban assault weapons, Trump should stop hateful words By John Garamendi On Jan. 19, 1989, my wife Patti and I entered the ICU…

News, Voices July 24, 2019

Essay: Toss out the old rules

A congressional candidate says he’s running on new principles By Jeff Burdick In May, I began campaigning as a progressive for Congress in California’s 7th…