Tag: Democratic lawmakers
California Gas Prices to Spike Even More with July 1 Tax Increase
By Tanu Henry, California Black Media
“I really don’t understand how the price of gas can rise so drastically in California,” said a Black woman...
Veterans Day legislation targets GI Bill racial inequities
By Aaron Morrison and Kat Stafford, Associated Press
In honor of Veterans Day, a group of Democratic lawmakers is reviving an effort to pay the...
Texas lawmakers pass new congressional maps bolstering GOP
By ACACIA CORONADO and PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press
Texas Republicans approved redrawn U.S. House maps that favor incumbents and decrease political representation for growing...
Martin Luther King III and Wife Arndrea King Talk Voting Rights, Abolishing Filibuster
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire
In 1963, more than 250,000 people marched on Washington, D.C., for jobs and freedom with Dr. Martin Luther...