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Byline: DAVID A. LIEB

03 Feb

Trump’s $45 billion expansion of immigrant detention sites faces pushback from communities

published on February 3, 2026 - 2:26 PM

With tensions high over federal immigration enforcement, some state and local officials are pushing back against the Trump administration’s attempts

02 Jun

Texas is poised to become the latest GOP state to exert control over university curriculum

published on June 2, 2025 - 2:54 PM

The gubernatorially appointed boards that oversee Texas universities soon could have new powers to control the curriculum required of students

05 Nov

Lawsuits over workplace vaccine rule focus on states’ rights

published on November 5, 2021 - 12:47 PM

(AP) — More than two dozen Republican-led states filed lawsuits Friday challenging President Joe Biden’s vaccine requirement for private companies,

21 Feb

Trump tries new approach for $1 trillion infrastructure plan

published on February 21, 2020 - 1:04 PM

(AP) — As a presidential candidate in 2016, Donald Trump promised a $1 trillion infrastructure plan that would use tax

31 Dec

Prices rise as the minimum wage increases in several states

published on December 31, 2018 - 1:09 PM

(AP) – At Granny Shaffer’s restaurant in Joplin, Missouri, owner Mike Wiggins is reprinting the menus to reflect the 5,

27 Aug

Half of states act as #MeToo sexual misconduct claims mount

published on August 27, 2018 - 1:20 PM

As the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct began snaring politicians, state legislatures across the country vowed to re-examine their policies

29 Jun

Republicans propose using sales tax money for new tax cuts

published on June 29, 2018 - 1:07 PM

(AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court ruling making it easier to collect online sales taxes could yield billions of dollars

11 Jan

States tackling shortcomings in sexual misconduct policies

published on January 11, 2018 - 1:23 PM

(AP) — After a tumultuous few months that saw numerous lawmakers accused of sexual misconduct, a majority of state legislatures

04 Dec

12 states launch new legal challenge to California egg law

published on December 4, 2017 - 12:29 PM

(AP) — A dozen states are banding together to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to block a California law requiring

15 Nov

Agricultural groups challenge California weed-killer warning

published on November 15, 2017 - 12:31 PM

(AP) — A coalition of a dozen national and Midwestern agricultural groups sued on Wednesday to try to overturn a

BLOG – Fresno Labor Leader Hits Back: ‘We oppose folly disguised as inevitability’

Posted: April 21, 2026 at 3:05 pm

Hear ye, hear ye! I, the “False Prophet,” do humbly
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BLOG – Ignore ‘false prophets:” SEDA, southwest area key to Fresno’s housing future

Posted: at 1:57 pm

At 96, I have seen many cycles of growth, debate
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