NYT > Top Stories 2024-03-03 16:49:45 She has created an Office of Rural Prosperity within the Kansas Commerce Department. Just before our conversation, I read a transcript of the State of the State remarks that she delivered a few weeks earlier. It focused largely on jobs, and the word “rural” showed up 43 times, including…
California 2024-02-29 05:00:27 BAKERSFIELD — On a recent Friday, state Sen. Melissa Hurtado (D-Sanger) mingled with supporters inside the Kern County firefighters’ hall, posing for pictures, chitchatting about politics and raising $36 apiece from those seeking to elect her to replace the area’s Republican congressman. For the record: 12:29 p.m. March 1, 2024An earlier version of…
NYT > Top Stories 2024-02-14 11:51:42 As senators gathered on the floor for a typical Monday night vote at the end of October, Senator Mitch McConnell, the Kentucky Republican and minority leader, approached Senator Chuck Schumer, his Democratic counterpart, with some unsettling news: Border security was going to have to be part of any package…
Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories 2024-02-09 09:00:00 It’s something I routinely hear, too, from friends and acquaintances both inside and outside the political and media business: “No one I know thinks Biden is going to be the nominee.” There are two versions of this notion. One has Biden suffering some health event that forces…
Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories 2024-02-09 04:00:00 No wonder, then, that the subject of neighborhood conversation, particularly in the gentrified precincts popular with young political workers, has whipsawed so fast. A few years ago, people jawboned about who could afford the capital’s skyrocketing rent, or marveled about how much the burgeoning local restaurant scene…
