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Official Recount Following Tie in 16th House Race Between Second Place Candidates

April 10, 2024 1:54 pmApril 10, 2024 1:54 pm

Santa Clara County elections officials announced late on Tuesday that a recount would be initiated for the 16th House District primary election following a shock tie for two candidates in second place being made official last week. The current tie...

Katie Porter’s Senate bid is over — But Her Fundraising PAC is Busy

April 9, 2024 12:41 pmApril 9, 2024 12:41 pm

Last month, the Globe looked into current lame duck Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) as to what her political future will be in the near future. Over the last few days, Porter has revealed what her plans are. Things have not...

CA’s 16th House District has Second Place Tie Between Low, Simitian

April 5, 2024 2:45 amApril 5, 2024 2:46 am

In a first for California’s jungle primary system, the 16th House District race fell to a tie for second place on Wednesday. Assemblyman Evan Low (D-Campbell) and Santa Clara County Supervisor and former state Senator Joe Simitian (D) currently both...

Schiff, Garvey Keep Massive Leads In U.S. Senate Primary As Vote Tabulation Winds Down

April 2, 2024 2:55 amApril 2, 2024 2:56 am

Both Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) and former baseball star Steve Garvey (R) kept their massive leads in the U.S. Senate primary this week as the final votes continue to be counted from last months jungle primary race. As of Monday...

Union Reps OK to Accompany OSHA Inspections

March 29, 2024 11:22 amMarch 29, 2024 11:22 am

A new Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule will allow union reps to accompany agency inspections of worksites even if said worksite is non-union. On a media call Thursday afternoon, Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker said...

Governor, Assemblywoman, Secretary: What’s Next For Katie Porter?

March 29, 2024 10:02 amMarch 29, 2024 10:02 am

In the aftermath of the 2024 U.S. Senate Primary where Congresswoman Katie Porter (D-CA) turned what was supposed to be a 1-2 tandem Primary finish with Congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) into a nightmare scenario where she only received a distant...

Regulation, Censorship, and the Will to Power

March 27, 2024 3:47 pmMarch 28, 2024 3:52 pm

The will to power manifests itself in myriad ways. It can come from the the point of a pen or the point of a sword, from a ballot box to an ammo box, it can come from rules, regulations, and...