Local city councilman Steve Sanchez officially announced his run for state senate at the Republican Headquarters in La Quinta on Tuesday. Sanchez was introduced by city Mayor, Linda Evans, and is hoping to step in to fill the position of Senator Melissa Melendez as she terms out. “It’s my honor to bring Steve Sanchez up […]
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RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez is poised Wednesday to move to the upper house of the Legislature after defeating Riverside County Board of Education member Elizabeth Romero in a special election in the 28th Senate District. Melendez, R-Lake Elsinore, received 95,378 votes, 55.9%, to 75,248, 44.1%, for Romero, a Democrat, according to semi-official results […]
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California lawmakers on Thursday voted to approve a toll that would require drivers to fork over money in order to drive down San Francisco’s famed Lombard Street. Leaders behind the effort hope the toll charge would reduce congestion at the popular tourist attraction in the Russian Hill neighborhood. The bill will now head to Senate for […]
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Sen. Jeff Stone, R-La Quinta, is seeking reelection today in the 28th Senate District against two Democratic candidates from the Coachella Valley. Stone, who was elected to the 28th District in 2014, is looking to retain his seat in one of the state’s largest Senate districts, which stretches from southwest Riverside County all the way […]
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Coachella Valley Region California drivers already pay some of the highest gas taxes in the nation and the second the highest gas prices next to Hawaii. So when Fred Norris, who commutes to the valley from Murrieta heard about State Senate Bill 1, that proposes a 12 cents increase per gallon of gasoline, he was […]
