Democrats in the House are working harder than ever to keep funds for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the latest agricultural bill. All twenty-five of the Democrats on the House Agriculture Committee published a letter on Monday asking House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, to stay away from getting involved in the…
The White House accused House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) of lying in order to cave to the House Republican Conference’s far-right members and their call for an impeachment investigation into President Biden on Tuesday. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s Fox News appearance, according to Ian Sams, a spokesman for the White House Counsel’s Office, “continued lying…
The Chino Valley Unified School District board decided to adopt a practice of outing trans kids to their parents. Assemblyman Bill Essayli, a Republican from Riverside, criticized California Attorney General Rob Bonta to offer an authorized explanation for his Department of Justice civil rights investigation through the board’s decision. As The Bee earlier reported, the Southern California…
The remnants of Tropical Storm Eugene are expected to affect the Southern California coast’s weather this week, bringing greater humidity and a risk of rain. The storm, which was located several hundred miles west of the Baja Peninsula early Monday, was moving north and west with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour affecting the Southern…
As the Richardson City Council goes forward with its budget cycle, a date for resident feedback on the city’s proposed new tax rate has been set. According to documents provided to the Richardson City Council, the proposed rate discussed during the meeting on August 7 is $0.56095 per $100 valuation, taking into account both the…
Jairo Tomas Santos was the office manager at the San Francisco law firm and wrote more than $1.1 million in unauthorized checks to himself. United States Attorney Ismail J. Ramsey and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Robert K. Tripp announced that Jairo Tomas Santos had been charged with bank fraud by a…
Other stops, however, are said to have evaded detection. They include stops that smell like dung and pee, have horrendous rat infestations, are literally a mugger’s paradise, and seem to have a mortar shell buried somewhere.
The Virginia Department of Social Services noted a spike in scammers preying on the 461,688 households that signed up for the program last fall, according to Jennifer Cooper, Associate Director of Benefits Programs at the agency.
A woman from Arizona is charged with trying to kill her husband by poisoning his coffee. Melody Feliciano Johnson’s Air Force spouse reportedly harbored mistrust for his wife and refused to drink the coffee she had been brewing for him, according to court records.
Despite asserting his innocence, Tou Thao was given a four years and nine months sentence on Monday for his role in the murder of George Floyd. He was the fourth former Minneapolis Police Department officer to be found guilty in a state court.