Atkins announces Rendon to become 70th Assembly speaker in 2016

SACRAMENTO—Assembly Speaker Toni G. Atkins (D-San Diego) has announced that the Assembly Democratic Caucus has selected Assemblymember Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) to become the 70th Speaker of the Assembly. The leadership change will occur after a floor vote in January and a transition period to be determined by the Speaker and the Speaker-elect. “With the crush…

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HRC launches digital campaign asking why Bush, Walker and Trump are ducking on Kentucky clerk ignoring federal law?

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) has launched a new digital campaign asking Jeb Bush, Scott Walker and Donald Trump to take a position regarding Kentucky’s Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, who was held in contempt in federal court yesterday for her disobedience of a federal court order directing her to begin issuing marriage licenses to…

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FINALLY! Marriage equality arrives in Rowan County, Ky.

Marriage equality has finally arrived in Rowan County, Ky. After defiant county clerk, Kim Davis, was held in contempt of court for her refusal to follow the law yesterday, an official in the clerk’s office today finally complied with the law and began issuing marriage licenses. “Today, the needless wait for loving and committed couples…

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