After nearly 32 years in the fire service, Rocklin Fire Chief Reginald Williams is retiring. The city secured federal funding and will begin a search for his successor.

Redrawn maps pushed South Texas House races into the fall — and the extra turnout may help James Talarico’s Senate bid.

House Democrats filed three constitutional amendments to reshape judge discipline, set clearer recusal rules and force 48‑hour public posting of bill text before votes. Sponsors call the moves a fix for an embattled disciplinary system; passage would require supermajorities and a public vote.

A City Council committee deferred a vote that could keep a Duval 1‑mill school tax on the November ballot, putting roughly $121M a year for teacher pay at risk.

Steve Hilton and the state GOP unveiled "Victory '26" in Sacramento, rolling out a full Republican slate as early returns put the governor's primary in flux. The party framed the ticket as a corrective to long Democratic rule.

County leaders heard a $421.9M budget proposal that holds the tax rate, denied a contested Raleigh Road rezoning and reviewed a fire‑station study mapping future needs.

Bailey’s campaign asked election officials to disqualify Collin Corbett from the Nov. ballot, saying thousands of petition signatures are invalid.

A House Judiciary Committee vote moved forward a proposal to fix the Supreme Court at nine justices, intensifying a partisan fight over court reform. The measure faces steep legal and political hurdles.

A Northwestern experiment finds voter support for gay candidates has grown, but visible gender nonconformity still costs some men votes.

Lawmakers approved language changes to replace "mother" and "father" with gender-neutral terms across family law, a move sponsors say modernizes statutes for surrogacy.

Rep. John Rose aired a radio spot paid with House funds backing the SAVE America Act as he runs for Tennessee governor, raising questions about franking and oversight. The spot’s transcript says it was funded with official House money.

Port Canaveral is studying a waterside basin to give rocket recovery ships their own space and ease mounting conflicts with cruise and cargo traffic.

David Lazar will arrive on Oʻahu on June 14 and begin volunteer onboarding June 15 while his background check clears ahead of a targeted early‑July swearing‑in.