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• House Session Summary - Wednesday, April 24, 2024
• Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities
• Allstate says it will insure California homes again, under one condition
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• Column: We’re wiping out the Southern California steelhead trout. Time to fix that
• Bob Pool, veteran L.A. Times newsman and observer of the human condition, dies at 79
• House Debate on Shelter Supp Conference Report 04/25/2024

She continued, "People have worked really, really hard, and I think, you know — I just want to express my gratitude to so many in Massachusetts and the partnerships that we've had to keep people housed and work through what really is an unprecedented occurrence that we're seeing here in Massachusetts and in this country." With only a bit more than three months left for major business this term, Mariano said health care and housing legislation are close to the top of his near-term agenda. The Republican leadership in the House voted for the fiscal 2025 budget, and the four minority party votes against the budget were cast by Reps. Nicholas Boldyga, David DeCoste, Marc Lombardo and Alyson Sullivan-Almeida.

House Session Summary - Wednesday, April 24, 2024

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We put fentanyl test strips to the test, and what we found could save someone you know. Representatives continued work on the House's fiscal year 2025 state budget for a second straight day Thursday, when they also finalized an emergency shelter funding and policy bill without any Republican support. The Final Rule strengthens privacy protections for medical records and health information for women, their family members, and doctors who are seeking, obtaining, providing, or facilitating lawful reproductive health care. A photographer was among those arrested during clashes between protesters and law enforcement on the University of Texas at Austin campus on Wednesday.

Law that ended single-family zoning is struck down for five Southern California cities

The Massachusetts State House was evacuated on Tuesday afternoon, lawmakers, employees and the public all rushed out by sounding alarms, when an electrical fire broke out in the basement. A POLITICO Magazine profile of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offhandedly referred to Healey as one of a few new governors who might have eyes on a national post in 2028. When Healey recently took over a position helping to elect more women governors, NBC News described the role as "a national platform for one of the party's rising stars in state office." Democrats who control the House and Senate notched a few major accomplishments, including a tax relief law that lawmakers were unable to complete under former Gov. Charlie Baker and policy reforms in the state budget like funding free school meals for all students. Pressed on whether she would like to see something like the Common Start bill specifically emerge for a vote this session, Healey said only that she and lawmakers agree on the importance of addressing child care costs.

Allstate says it will insure California homes again, under one condition

The company will offer coverage “in nearly every corner” of California, Zimmerman said. The testimony marks the first time a large property insurer has publicly promised a return to the market in the disaster-prone state if the new regulations are implemented. “I’m here because I am my beloved mother’s daughter and on the day she died, which will be the two-year anniversary in one week, the disease of mental illness was lying to her and with great terror convinced her that it would never get better,” Judd continued. Aispuro, who has been with the department for 19½ years, put out an emergency broadcast that included a description of the Camry, Luna said.

New York prosecutors allege that the former president falsified business records related to hush money paid to adult film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election. On paper, Trump could face over 600 years in prison based on the combined charges of the four cases pending against him. "Unfortunately, current law doesn't anticipate how Secret Service protection would impact the felony prison sentence of a protectee — even a former President," Thompson, a Mississippi Democrat, said in a statement released by his office. "It is regrettable that it has come to this, but this previously unthought-of scenario could become our reality."

We’ve talked about a number of those levers from this briefing room, and we apply the tenets laid out in those measures consistently across the board with countries across the board. There is no such thing as special or preferential treatment when it comes to the implementation and enforcement of what we believe to be U.S. law. The wet weather pattern will continue into Tuesday evening, with periods of rain anticipated to continue. Drier conditions are expected by Wednesday, but a chance of showers will still linger. Snow levels could fall as low as 3,500 feet by Thursday, forecasters said.One person died Thursday when a vehicle crashed down an embankment in the Malibu area. The weather service also predicted a threat of thunderstorms to most areas Sunday through Monday, with the threat lingering over Los Angeles County through Tuesday.

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Our coverage stands out in the modern climate of journalism because we strive to keep it so straight. We're proud to have become a vital part of State House life, almost like a public utility. The first step to eliminating sexual violence is believing survivors when they come forward, lawmakers and advocates said during the eighth annual "Denim Day" at the State House on Wednesday.

Bob Pool, veteran L.A. Times newsman and observer of the human condition, dies at 79

That led authorities to a house in La Puente, where several people were detained but not arrested, and ultimately released, Luna said. Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said Tuesday that California Highway Patrol officers had arrested a gang member in San Onofre who shot a deputy in the back as he sat on his department motorcycle at a West Covina stoplight. House Speaker Mike Johnson called Wednesday for the resignation of the university’s president if she can't "bring order to this chaos."

House Debate on Shelter Supp Conference Report 04/25/2024

Healey, who must file her fiscal year 2025 budget proposal by Jan. 24, on Wednesday voiced optimism about the state's outlook despite poor revenue performance in recent months. Gov. Maura Healey talks through details of her fiscal 2024 budget proposal at a State House news conference on March 1, 2023, which included her budget chief Secretary Matthew Gorzkowicz (right). From national politicians to local heroes, angry protests to talking heads, the News Service captures a vast variety of state government moments. Since 1894, the State House News Service in Boston has provided journalists, lobbyists, government officials and other civic and business leaders with high-quality, comprehensive, objective information about the activities of state government year-round. After top Democrats warned that spending must be pared back, the House passed its first mega-amendment of the fiscal 2025 budget debate, adding $20 million for accounts dealing with education and local aid, social services and veterans. Friday, passing a $58.01 billion budget for fiscal 2025 and teeing up the general appropriations act for action in the Senate next month.

Don Siriani, chief of staff for Sen. Walter Timilty, said there were reports of smoldering electrical equipment. Healey has already been drawing attention from national pundits as a future standard-bearer for the Democratic Party and a potential candidate for higher office. Other areas that Healey has identified as key, like housing production, are not exactly getting rapid responses. Over the past year, developers behind the SouthCoast Wind and Commonwealth Wind projects have withdrawn — with permission from the Department of Public Utilities — saying they could no longer afford to finance and build the installations under previously agreed contracts, slashing the amount of wind capacity in the pipeline. The governor appointed a standalone climate chief responsible for organizing the climate change response across the executive branch and boosted environmental spending in the fiscal 2024 budget. In Healey's inaugural address last January, she pledged that Massachusetts would be the first state to solve the child care crisis.

"The State House News Service is one news operation that has benefited from news cutbacks," according to a 2011 CommonWealth Magazine story. While hard statistics are difficult to gather authoritatively, it is likely that more people read News Service copy today statewide than at any time in the Service's 125-plus years of existence. The California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt campus will remain closed through the weekend as protesters, including "unidentified non-students," continue to occupy two buildings, school officials said in an update.

Dozens of pro-Israeli and pro-Palestinian protesters countered each other Sunday at the University of California Los Angeles Campus following days of unrest over the ongoing war in Gaza. It's not clear if a combined half-billion dollars will be sufficient to manage need through the entirety of fiscal year 2025. Healey deputies previously estimated the state would need to spend more than $900 million on the shelter system next fiscal year, but that projection was produced before lawmakers voted to cap the maximum length of stay.

As its leaders wrestle with restoring some semblance of reliable service, the MBTA continues to face financial uncertainty. Agency budget-writers project they will have an operating budget deficit of hundreds of millions of dollars in the next few years, and the T newly estimates it would cost $24.5 billion to achieve a state of good repair for all of its assets. Healey pointed out that these immigrants are in the state lawfully, but many are prohibited from working due to federal immigration policy.