No Action By Supreme Court on Voting Rights Law
WASHINGTON – Three years ago, the Supreme Court warned there could be constitutional problems with a landmark civil rights law that has opened voting booths to millions of African-Americans. Now,...
View ArticleObserver Recomendations: General Election 2012
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA Democrat U.S. SENATE DIANNE FEINSTEIN Democrat CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS District 3 JOHN GARAMENDI Democrat District 6 DORIS MATSUI Democrat District 7 AMI BERA Democrat STATE...
View ArticleGiven 2nd Term, Obama Now Facing New Urgent Task
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama faces a new urgent task now that he has a second term, working with a status-quo Congress to address an impending financial crisis that economists say could send the...
View ArticleGay Marriage, Marijuana Backed in Historic Votes
WASHINGTON – Altering the course of U.S social policy, Maine and Maryland became the first states to approve same-sex marriage by popular vote, while Washington state and Colorado set up a showdown...
View ArticleObama is Re-elected to Second Term
WASHINGTON – After riding to victory in Ohio on the strength of his successful auto bailout plan and a come-from-behind victory in Virginia and possibly Florida, President Barack Obama was re-elected...
View ArticleSeveral Sacramento Area Races Still Too Close to Call
Allen Warren (L) and Rob Kerth (R) are competing to represent Sacramento City Council District 2 SACRAMENTO – As of Tuesday afternoon, the race for Sacramento City Council District 2 is still too close...
View ArticleIt’s Confirmed. Democrats Win Supermajority in California Assembly
SACRAMENTO — Democrats have gained a supermajority in both houses of the California Legislature for the first time since the 19th century, after the Assembly reached the critical two-thirds threshold...
View ArticleUnion Muscle Key to Democrat Victories in State Campaigns
WASHINGTON – From California to Maine, unions used their political muscle in the recent elections to help install Democratic governors, build labor-friendly majorities in state legislatures and defeat...
View ArticleNewly Elected Dist. 2 Councilman, Allen Warren to be Sworn In
SACRAMENTO – Local business leader Allen Wayne Warren will be one of two new Sacramento City Council members sworn in this evening during a special ceremony at the new City Hall. Warren, the winner of...
View ArticleAre Blacks Alone In Their Exicitement Over Obama’s Second Inaugural?
WASHINGTON – Four years and one re-election after Barack Obama became America’s first black president, some of the thrill is gone. Yes, the inauguration of a U.S. president is still a big deal. But the...
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