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LAist’s coverage of civic life and citizen issues in Southern California. We cover elections, examine who gets listened to and why, and provide a guide for anyone who wants to more fully participate in civic life.
Marilyn “Mari” Barke will have to pay more than $100,000 in penalties, according to a judge's ruling last week.
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The court says it's routine for justices to circulate draft opinions internally. It's part of a larger procedure that involves deliberating, voting and assigning writers.
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Biden says the reasoning in the leaked Supreme Court draft would mean "every other decision related to the notion of privacy is thrown into question," including contraception and gay marriage.
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Any such vote would be symbolic. Democrats control the Senate but only hold half the seats, and they can’t muster the 60-vote supermajority needed to pass the law that Schumer suggested.
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Abdullah, a professor at Cal State Los Angeles, the site of the debate, said she and her students were locked out of an event that should have been public.
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Republican candidates across the country are appealing to voters by claiming their allegiance to Donald Trump. But in California, many won’t even say if they voted for him.
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In the recorded conversation, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy who represents the Bakersfield area said he didn't believe Donald Trump would voluntarily step down.
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Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis flexed his power this week in Tallahassee as lawmakers okayed the governor's controversial redistricting plan and curbed Disney's special jurisdiction.
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Katie Hopkins is a British commentator known for her racist, anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant writing.
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Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel claims that the commission "refused to enact simple and commonsense reforms to help ensure fair debates."
![Rrepublican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Republicans "are going to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased [Commission on Presidential Debates] in order to make their case to the American people."](https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cb7e7a5/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3839x2879+0+0/resize/208x156!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2022%2F04%2F14%2Fgettyimages-1229557060-773dfb9e5aeb9e9a273bda42f351e64bd685f46a.jpg)
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Framing his speech around his proposed budget, the outgoing mayor focused on mental health crisis response teams, affordable housing and climate change, among other issues.
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The Democratic National Committee is weighing an overhaul of its presidential nominating process, which could give more diverse states an earlier role in the primary season.
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A task force is helping state officials examine how African Americans have been harmed by slavery and systemic racism and, weighing that, how the state should respond. What reparations should there be?
![Rrepublican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Republicans "are going to find newer, better debate platforms to ensure that future nominees are not forced to go through the biased [Commission on Presidential Debates] in order to make their case to the American people."](https://scpr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7de36b3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2880x2880+480+0/resize/232x232!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2022%2F04%2F14%2Fgettyimages-1229557060-773dfb9e5aeb9e9a273bda42f351e64bd685f46a.jpg)
