California Secretary of State Shirley Weber says President Donald Trump’s recent change in rhetoric on mail-in voting ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections signals desperation.
Housing costs, food insecurity, consumer debt and uncertainty over health care coverage are straining families in Los Angeles’ 43rd Congressional District, experts said during an Oct. 10 town hall at Los Angeles Southwest College. Experts outlined residents’ challenges and available services.
California’s 22nd Congressional District race pits Republican incumbent David Valadao, R-Hanford, against Democratic challenger Randy Villegas in a contest over issues that affect households, farms and businesses across the Central Valley. The winner will represent the district in the U.S. House, where decisions on federal spending, health care, immigration, taxes, and water policy affect the region.
In Kern County, getting medical care is often harder than it should be. A patient may need to travel across town or across the county. A working parent may have to find time away from a job that offers little flexibility. A senior may need help arranging transportation.
Byron Donalds wants to be Florida’s next governor. Not on our watch. Our stance is rooted in an old saying coined by Floridian Zora Neale Hurston in her final major nonfiction work, Dust Tracks on a Road, set in Florida. “All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk” is an idiom that distinguishes shared identity from shared interests.
Rhonda Haymon is a Deputy Public Defender with the Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office and a candidate for Los Angeles County Superior Court, Office No. 64, on the Nov. 3 ballot.
Republican Mike Collins and Democratic incumbent Jon Ossoff are the two candidates on Georgia’s Nov. 3 general-election ballot for U.S. Senate. If neither wins a majority, a runoff follows on Dec. 1.
Standing outside the Kern County Courthouse on Oct. 7, Pastor Curtis Smith spoke about the violent struggle Black Americans have endured simply to exercise their right to vote.
Ballots for the Nov. 3 general election start going out to Kern County voters on Monday, Oct. 5.
Beware of billionaires who want you to pay for their ego trip. That’s the story behind Proposition (Prop) 38 and why voters should say “no.”
On Nov. 3, Virginians decide Ballot Question 3, a constitutional amendment that would automatically restore voting rights to people with felony convictions when they leave prison — ending a lifetime ban adopted in 1902. Nearly half the Virginians it affects are Black.
Two candidates are on the general-election ballot for Los Angeles mayor on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026. Here’s what the office does, what each candidate says she’d do, and how to check your registration. Observed makes no endorsement.
Xavier Becerra (Democratic) and Steve Hilton (Republican) are on California’s Nov. 3 general-election ballot for governor. Here’s what each candidate says he’d do, and how to check your registration.
State Treasurer Fiona Ma, a Democrat, and former state Sen. Gloria Romero, a Republican, are the two candidates on California’s Nov. 3 general-election ballot for the open lieutenant governor seat.
Texans will elect a new U.S. senator on Nov. 3, 2026. Here’s who’s on the ballot, what each candidate says they’d do, and the deadlines voters need to know — with no endorsement.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation authored by Sen. Laura Richardson (D-Inglewood) that establishes uniform procedures for handling vote-by-mail ballots cast in person without identification envelopes.
With Election Day approaching on Nov. 3, California Republicans are intensifying efforts to build support for Proposition (Prop) 39, portraying the voter identification measure as a way to strengthen election security and public confidence.
Fre’Drisha “Sha” Dixion is an Inglewood resident, community organizer and attorney running for mayor in the November 2026 election. She spoke about why she is running, her priorities for residents and small businesses, Inglewood Unified School District and the measures on the November ballot.
Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. on Monday, Sept. 21, denied allegations involving the alleged inappropriate touching of a young person, calling the claims false and announcing legal action against those bringing them forward.
