May 13, 2025

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Colorado joins lawsuit over Trump freezing EV charging funding

Colorado has joined 16 other states to sue the Trump administration for not releasing billions of dollars that Congress approved to build charging stations for electric vehicles. Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement that the state stands to lose tens of millions of dollars to build out the infrastructure needed to get

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California sues Trump over electric vehicle charging funds

California is joining 16 other states in a federal lawsuit to force the Trump administration to release billions of dollars in funds for electric vehicle chargers approved by former President Joe Biden’s hallmark infrastructure law. “Alongside 16 attorneys general, I’m suing the Federal Highway Administration for their efforts to thwart Congress’s $5 billion program to

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California attorney sentenced to prison for scamming investors out of $8.7 million to finance lavish lifestyle

A Newport Beach attorney who admitted that she swindled investors out of $8.7 million in order to bankroll her lavish lifestyle and high-rolling gambling habit was sentenced Monday, May 5 to one year and nine months in federal prison. A luxuriant lifestyle of high-end jewelry, luxury cars, a six-month stay at a opulent Las Vegas

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Bay Area governments join lawsuit against Trump’s homeless fund conditions

Santa Clara County and San Francisco, along with seven other local governments, are asking a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development from placing “unlawful” conditions on federal funds — stipulations that could put millions of dollars to address homelessness at risk. The lawsuit, which is being led by King

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Finance

Oakland finance director resigns; mayor delays release of budget

OAKLAND — Oakland’s interim mayor is delaying the release of a deeply consequential, two-year budget proposal that had been expected to detail how the city would balance a looming $265 million budget shortfall. The move by Interim Mayor Kevin Jenkins comes just two weeks after Oakland’s top finance official quietly resigned from the job she’s

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Caltrain employee guilty of using public funds to build secret apartment in train station – The Mercury News

REDWOOD CITY – A jury on Wednesday found a former Caltrain deputy director guilty of embezzling public funds to build a personal “crash pad” in a historic Burlingame train station, declining the defense’s argument that his supervisor had given him permission to put the funds toward renovating the apartment and residing there while working 80-hour

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Investment

Is the NWSL stadium a good investment for Denver? (Editorial)

For 25 years, Denverites have waited and wondered what would become of the old Gates Rubber factory at the intersection of Broadway and Interstate 25 south of downtown. Beautiful but badly contaminated solid brick buildings were torn down with the promise of remediation and redevelopment that never materialized. Millions were spent on the cleanup of

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Loans

Education Dept. collection of student loans in default worries some grads, appeases others – Baltimore Sun

The U.S. Department of Education’s plan to begin collecting federal student loans in default has caused anxiety among some Maryland graduates, while others say the time has come for them to accept fiscal responsibility. The Department of Education will begin collecting federal student loans in default on May 5, having issued a warning that borrowers

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Trump administration attempts to claw back another $106M in migrant funds

The Trump administration is trying to claw back more than $106 million in migrant funds from New York City coffers — bringing the total the feds have attempted to recover to nearly $188 million. In a letter to the city, feds wrote that the grant money, from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Shelter and Services

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Sheng Thao considered using Oakland’s funds to hire consultant her campaign owed

OAKLAND — Nearly six months after Sheng Thao took office, she still owed tens of thousands of dollars to the campaign manager who had helped deliver her a victory. Long-established state law prohibits politicians from using public funds to finance election campaigns, but in newly released records, Thao’s top staffer said her boss had considered

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