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Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) is holding up a Democratic plan to raise corporate tax rates. Kevin Dietsch via Getty Images WASHINGTON — After Republicans slashed tax rates in 2017, Democrats won control of the House of Representatives partly by promising to undo the “GOP tax scam.” Democrats campaigned on taxes almost as aggressively as they ran on saving the Affordable Care Act. But now that...

Photo by Austin Pacheco/Unsplash. On Saturday, Intro 455-A became law, which requires all school buses to be electric by the year 2035. This legislation will improve air quality and health outcomes for children and vulnerable populations hit hardest by diesel pollution. This transition to an electric school bus fleet shows that New York City is prepared to lead the way on climate and children...

Last month, California became the first state to outlaw "stealthing" — the slang term for removing a condom during sex without consent. Advocates say the ban could catalyze a legislative sea change and help people understand that stealthing is a form of sexual violence. From The New York Times: Stealthing tends to go widely unreported because there were few ways to address it legally, but it...

Gov. Mike DeWine has signed off on a modified fireworks law that will allow Ohioans to launch consumer-grade fireworks beginning this July. House Bill 172 would allow adults to use consumer grade fireworks on private property during New Year’s Eve and Day, Cinco de Mayo, Juneteenth, Memorial Day and Labor Day weekends and July 3, 4, 5 as well as the three-day weekends before and after July 4....

City Hall and Frank Ogawa Plaza. August 11, 2020. Photo: Pete Rosos The Oakland City Council’s Finance and Management and Public Safety committees meet on Monday and Tuesday this week, respectively. They’ll hear updates on the city’s “vacancy rate”—the percent of unfilled city jobs—and consider an ordinance to prohibit testing and punishing city employees for off-the-job cannabis use. Vacancy...

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A newly formed law firm will be the first tenant in the second office building constructed at Capitol Crossing. Elias Law Group LLP has signed a lease for 54,000 square feet, the entire fourth floor, at 250 Massachusetts Ave. NW, landlord Property Group Partners announced Monday. It's an important win for Capitol Crossing, which spans three city blocks on a new platform built atop Interstate ...

Proposed legislation would require food delivery app companies to reimburse workers for costs associated with a crash in NYC, including medical and property damage. Uber Eats, DoorDash and Grubhub could soon be on the hook for costs related to accidents involving their delivery workers, The Post has learned. A City Council proposal would require the apps to cover a courier’s out-of-pocket cos...

Slide 1 of 4 President of the board of Homes for Sonoma, Aaron Jobson, left, and Robin Stephani, executive director, middle, show Lisa De Carbo the interior of a home designed as an Accessory Dwelling Unit (ADU), Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021 in Santa Rosa. (Kent Porter / The Press Democrat) 2021 Sonoma County has loosened restrictions on in-law units to encourage construction of the “naturally af...