The D.C. Council streamed a committee mark‑up Thursday on a bill to convert HPAP loans to grants for displaced River East at Grandview homeowners while reviewing DCHA board nominees.

Eleven people were arrested outside the Burlington ICE field office; Police Chief Thomas Browne says protests have pulled officers from other duties.

Supervisors voted to pursue permanent funding for promotores de salud, asking Medi‑Cal plans and the county to explore a blended model after a county study found big savings. The move aims to build a centralized hub for billing and training.

The Bank of England kept Bank Rate at 3.75% and warned higher energy costs could push inflation sharply higher as Brent briefly topped $126.

Sonoma supervisors voted 3-2 to zero out county cultivation and manufacturing taxes for qualifying cannabis operators and to create a $531 annual business license.

Former Rep. Barney Frank, 86, has entered hospice care at his Ogunquit, Maine home as he deals with congestive heart failure and finishes a political book.

Nearly four years after Measure H passed, promised child‑care slots at parks and rec centers still haven’t appeared. Legal reviews, retrofit costs and budget cuts are to blame.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is championing abstinence-based recovery and 'wellness farms' — and rolling $100M toward a pilot that has experts warning medications could be sidelined.

Assembly amendments to AB 2117 would create a governor‑appointed education commissioner and recast the elected superintendent as an independent evaluator.

A longtime Cleveland official has been on paid administrative leave since Feb. 28, 2025, while collecting roughly $105,000 the city’s personnel file offers few public explanations.

At a packed forum in Towson, seven candidates laid out sharply different plans on housing, safety and county government ahead of the June primary. Voters pressed for specifics and contrast emerged between experience and change.

Measure TC would force booking platforms to collect Los Angeles' hotel tax on the full price paid by guests, a change the city estimates could bring about $5 million a year.

The Massachusetts House advanced a roughly $63.3B FY27 budget and voted down Republican tax-cut amendments. The bill now heads to the Senate for its own plan and negotiations.