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Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – The deadline for filing income-tax returns is only 10 weeks away, and the AARP Foundation’s free tax-preparation service is now in full swing. Tax-Aide turns 50 this year, with an army of nearly 34,000 IRS-trained volunteers to help people with their...
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Broadband Deployment Too Important to Sell Out to Industry Washington, D.C. – San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced on Thursday January 25th that he had submitted his resignation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), citing the pervasive and overwhelming influence of big telecom and industry interests over...
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Meet the nonprofit who raises funds for undocumented law students Arturo Hilario El Observador A lawyer can take many shapes and forms. They can be part of trials that change state and federal policy or grant someone freedom from jail time. They can protect corporate lobbying or help keep...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As women’s marches take place across the country this Saturday, time is running out to put in your two cents about a rule proposed by the Trump administration that a new report says could cost female workers $4.6 billion in tips...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown’s new $131.7 billion budget is earning praise from children’s advocates because of the investments it makes in supporting health and combating poverty. The budget includes $26.7 million for a voluntary pilot program to send community health workers to...
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – This week the County of Santa Clara filed a petition for review in federal court challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful repeal of net neutrality protections. Filed by the Office of the County Counsel with assistance from Stanford Law School’s Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic,...
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SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – On Wednesday January 10th, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and restored protections to hundreds of thousands of deserving immigrants pending a final decision by the court. The ruling came...
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National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) WASHINGTON, DC — The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) issued the following statement on the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to rescind the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of over 200,000 individuals from El Salvador, many who have been working...
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National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) WASHINGTON, DC – El Caucus Nacional de Legisladores Estatales Hispanos (NHCSL, por sus siglas en inglés) hizo las siguientes declaraciones sobre la decisión del Departamento de Seguridad Interna federal (DHS) de dejar que se expire el Status de Protección Temporera (TPS, por sus...
Suzanne Potter California News Service LOS ANGELES – The deadline for filing income-tax returns is only 10 weeks away, and the AARP Foundation’s free tax-preparation service is now in full swing. Tax-Aide turns 50 this year, with an army of nearly 34,000 IRS-trained volunteers to help people with their...
Broadband Deployment Too Important to Sell Out to Industry Washington, D.C. – San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo announced on Thursday January 25th that he had submitted his resignation from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Broadband Deployment Advisory Committee (BDAC), citing the pervasive and overwhelming influence of big telecom and industry interests over...
Meet the nonprofit who raises funds for undocumented law students Arturo Hilario El Observador A lawyer can take many shapes and forms. They can be part of trials that change state and federal policy or grant someone freedom from jail time. They can protect corporate lobbying or help keep...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – As women’s marches take place across the country this Saturday, time is running out to put in your two cents about a rule proposed by the Trump administration that a new report says could cost female workers $4.6 billion in tips...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown’s new $131.7 billion budget is earning praise from children’s advocates because of the investments it makes in supporting health and combating poverty. The budget includes $26.7 million for a voluntary pilot program to send community health workers to...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – This week the County of Santa Clara filed a petition for review in federal court challenging the Trump Administration’s unlawful repeal of net neutrality protections. Filed by the Office of the County Counsel with assistance from Stanford Law School’s Juelsgaard Intellectual Property and Innovation Clinic,...
SANTA CLARA COUNTY, CALIF. – On Wednesday January 10th, U.S. District Court Judge William Alsup temporarily blocked the Trump Administration’s repeal of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and restored protections to hundreds of thousands of deserving immigrants pending a final decision by the court. The ruling came...
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) WASHINGTON, DC — The National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) issued the following statement on the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) decision to rescind the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) of over 200,000 individuals from El Salvador, many who have been working...
National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators (NHCSL) WASHINGTON, DC – El Caucus Nacional de Legisladores Estatales Hispanos (NHCSL, por sus siglas en inglés) hizo las siguientes declaraciones sobre la decisión del Departamento de Seguridad Interna federal (DHS) de dejar que se expire el Status de Protección Temporera (TPS, por sus...