Mediaboss Marketing

s s

Sections

You've read 3 of 10 free articles this month.

Get unlimited access to PressDemocrat.com, the eEdition and our mobile app starting at 99 cents per month.

You've read 6 of 10 free articles this month.

Get unlimited access to PressDemocrat.com, the eEdition and our mobile app starting at 99 cents per month.

You've read all of your free articles this month.

Get unlimited access to PressDemocrat.com, the eEdition and our mobile app starting at 99 cents per month.

We've got a special deal for readers like you.

Get unlimited access to PressDemocrat.com, the eEdition and our mobile app starting 99 cents per month and support local journalism.

Thanks for reading! Why not subscribe?

Get unlimited access to PressDemocrat.com, the eEdition and our mobile app starting 99 cents per month and support local journalism.

Want to keep reading? Subscribe today!

Ooops! You're out of free articles. Starting at just 99 cents per month, you can keep reading all of our products and support local journalism.

Dead bird in Lake County tests positive for West Nile virus

Santa Rosa grass fire sparked by lawn mower

Swimming lagoon reopens at Veterans Memorial Beach in Healdsburg

Card skimmers at the gas pump an alarming crime on the rise

Survivors of California freeway plane crash in stable condition

River days beckon holiday revelers

ASSOCIATED PRESS

ASSOCIATED PRESS | July 1, 2017, 6:25PM

| Updated 3 hours ago.

SANTA ANA A couple whose plane crashed and burst into flames on a Southern California freeway are recovering from their injuries.

KABC-TV (http://bit.ly/2tCnl1Y ) reported Saturday that the man who was piloting the aircraft is hospitalized in stable but guarded condition and his wife is in stable condition.

Fire officials earlier said the woman was his fiance.

They were the only people aboard a twin-engine Cessna 310 that crashed Friday morning on Interstate 405, just short of a runway at John Wayne Airport in Costa Mesa.

Before the crash, the pilot reported losing power in one engine.

The plane clipped a pickup, but nobody on the ground was hurt.

An off-duty firefighter pulled them from the fiery wreckage.

Most Popular Stories

Body of missing boy, 5, found in Santa Barbara County

Santa Rosa prepares to clear out Homeless Hill

Judge blocks California's high-capacity magazine ban

Upper Lake woman killed in domestic fight

Man driving family in stolen U-Haul arrested in Santa Rosa

Most Popular Stories

Body of missing boy, 5, found in Santa Barbara County

Man driving family in stolen U-Haul arrested in Santa Rosa

Cannabis advocate steps down from top post

Santa Rosa prepares to clear out Homeless Hill

Survivors of California freeway plane crash in stable condition

Judge blocks California's high-capacity magazine ban

Upper Lake woman killed in domestic fight

Licensing requirements for Roundup being ignored by some gardeners

Continued here:
Survivors of freeway plane crash are in stable condition - Santa Rosa Press Democrat

Senate Democrat staffers are predominantly white and a majority of them are women, according to a report released by Senate MinorityLeader Charles SchumerCharles SchumerTrump claims GOP has a 'big surprise' on healthcare Senate Dems step up protests ahead of ObamaCare repeal vote Senate Dems plan floor protest ahead of ObamaCare repeal vote MORE (D-N.Y.) on Friday.

The study found that 32 percent of staffers in Democratic Senate offices are "non-Caucasian," and54 percent are women.

Thirteenpercent of Democratic staffers are African American largely in line with U.S. demographics while only 10 percent are Latino significantly less than the 17 percent that make up the country's population.

Eight percent are Asian or Pacific Islander, 4 percent are Native American and 3 percent are North African or Middle Eastern.

Senate Democrats have long faced criticism for a lack of diversity among those that work for them, and have faced increased pressure in recent months totake up minority-hiring efforts.

Former Senate Minority Leader Harry ReidHarry ReidSenate Democrat staffers are predominantly white, women Dems face identity crisis Heller under siege, even before healthcare MORE (D-Nev.) started the Senate Democratic Diversity Initiative in 2007 aimed at building Senate staffs that reflect the country's demographics. The effort has since been carried on by Schumer.

Senate Democrats have taken steps to increase diversity among staffers, passing the "Rooney Rule" in March, which requires Democrats to interview at least one minority candidate for openings on lawmakers' staffs.

The rule mirrors a National Football League hiring policy requiring teams to do the same for head coach positions and other senior roles.

Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) has the most diverse staff, with 66 percent identifying as "non-Caucasian." Sens. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Mazie HironoMazie HironoSenate Democrat staffers are predominantly white, women Senate Dems step up protests ahead of ObamaCare repeal vote Senate Dem: Gorsuch, Thomas and Alito like 'horsemen of the apocalypse' MORE (D-Hawaii) are tied for second at 61 percent.

Among the Democrats with least diverse staffs are Sen. Heidi HeitkampHeidi HeitkampSenate Democrat staffers are predominantly white, women Senate Democrats: ObamaCare repeal fight isn't over yet Dem senator: Don't bet against McConnell on ObamaCare repeal MORE (N.D.) at 10 percent, Sen. Joe ManchinJoe ManchinDemocrats goinforthekillon ObamaCare repeal Senate Democrat staffers are predominantly white, women The Hill's 12:30 Report MORE (W.V.) at 9 percent and Sen. Jon TesterJon TesterDemocrats goinforthekillon ObamaCare repeal Senate Democrat staffers are predominantly white, women Trump A conservative conservationist MORE (Mont.) at 7 percent.

Visit link:
Senate Democrat staffers are predominantly white, women | TheHill - The Hill

A Democratic congressman has introduced a bill to deny taxpayer funding to President Trump's voter fraud commission.

The Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity, created by Trump in May, received little attention until this week, when at least 20 states rejected a request to provide the commission with all publicly available voter roll data.

"As the president continues to press his blatantly false claim that voter fraud cost him the popular vote in the 2016 presidential election, he endangers the sanctity of our nation's democracy," Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, said in a statement Friday. He is the author of the legislation and co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus. "The commission's mission to study non-existent voter fraud cases has nothing to do with ballot security and everything to do with voter suppression and discrimination," Veasey added.

According to Congress.gov, Veasey actually introduced the bill in the House June 22.

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, vice chairman of the commission, sent a letter to all 50 secretaries of state Wednesday requesting voters' full names, their addresses, their birth dates, the last four digits of their Social Security numbers, their voting histories and their political parties, if they had been recorded.

State officials mostly Democrats, but also some Republicans have objected to the request, citing concerns over privacy, politics ... and Kobach.

Kobach, a conservative candidate for Kansas governor in 2018, is a leading proponent of strict voter-identification laws. He has helped design some of the toughest voting laws in the country, which Democrats and civil rights groups allege are meant to restrict voting access by minority groups.

Trump created the commission by executive order after making an unsubstantiated claim that millions of illegal immigrants voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election and prevented him from winning the popular vote.

The commission, led by Vice President Mike Pence and Kobach, is charged with investigating voter fraud and issuing recommendations to prevent it.

It will have its first meeting July 19 in Washington, D.C.

Visit link:
Texas Democrat pushes bill to block taxpayer money from Trump's voter fraud commission - Washington Examiner

Bruce Wheeler was ready to retire from Arizona politics after years in the Legislature and on the Tucson City Council.

But it was one person who changed the 68-year-olds mind last year Donald J. Trump.

That is a game changer, he said That puts a lot of things at risk that a lot of us believe in and cherish about this country.

In the months after Trumps election, Wheeler decided he would get back into politics and challenge Republican Rep. Martha McSally in Congressional District 2 in next years midterm elections. He joins a crowded race in the Democratic Party primary.

Wheeler had flirted with the idea of running in CD2 once before in the last election cycle, but a doctor sidelined him for months after a surgery.

In 2017, Wheeler said he is ready to take on McSally.

Calling McSally a manufactured moderate, the Tucson Democrat said she didnt have to defend her voting record in the last cycle.

She didnt have to own any votes it was about repeal, repeal, Obama, Democrats and pointing fingers, Wheeler said.

And it is health care that Wheeler believes he has a record to run on, voting with statehouse Democrats and some Republicans in 2013 to expand Medicaid in Arizona.

We added 350,000 people, he said about increasing the number of residents covered.

McSally, he argued, wants to take away their insurance since she backed the Republican health-care plan being debated in Congress.

These are votes she is now going to have to own, he said.

Wheeler said he wants to go one step further supporting a single-payer health-care system for all Americans.

We are already covering the most expensive segment of the population, 65 and older, he said, noting it will be a controversial stance in a crowded field of Democrats.

It wont happen overnight, he concedes, but he is optimistic Democrats will take control of the House in 2018 and the White House in 2020.

But first he will need to secure the Democratic nomination in CD2 next year. Democrats who have either announced they are running or are testing the waters are former U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, emergency-room Dr. Matt Heinz, small-business owner Billy Kovacs, pilot Jeff Latas, small-business owner Charlie Verdin and a retired assistant secretary of the Army, Mary Matiella.

Originally posted here:
Democrat Bruce Wheeler jumps into Congressional District 2 race - Arizona Daily Star

Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has come out in favor of a single-payer health care system.

When her senior adviser Glen Caplin was asked by CNN about whether the junior senator from New York supports single payer, he responded Yes.follow-ups a follow up to Gillibrands response to a health care question at a Facebook Live hosted by Democratic Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey.

Health care should be a right, it should never be a privilege. We should have Medicare for all in this country, Gillibrand replied.

This is a move to the left for Gillibrand, who despite advocating for Medicare for all since her first congressional campaign has not outright advocated a single-payer system. She is following in the suit of Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who told The Wall Street Journallast week that President Obama tried to move us forward with health-care coverage by using a conservative model that came from one of the conservative think tanks that had been advanced by a Republican governor in Massachusetts. Now its time for the next step. And the next step is single payer.

Gillibrands new position does place her in good stead among many of her fellow Americans.

A Pew Research Center poll releasedlast weekfound that 33 percent of Americans favor a single-payer health care program, including 52 percent of Democrats/Leaning Democrats and 64 percent of liberals. The total number who favor single payer has risen by 5 percent from its total in January and a whopping 12 percent from where it was in 2014.

Overall 60 percent of the people polled said that the government is responsible for guaranteeing that all Americans have health care coverage, compared to 39 percent who felt that it did not. That number reached 85 percent for Democrats and independents who lean Democratic, while 68 percent of Republicans said the government should not have that responsibility.

The new Democratic push for a single-payer system comes as Senate Republicans plan, which the Congressional Budget Office reported would slash Medicaid funding by 26 percent by 2026, appears at an impasse.

The rest is here:
Kirsten Gillibrand becomes latest Democrat to come out in favor of single-payer health care - Salon