SACRAMENTO–Governor Jerry Brown today unveiled a revised state budget that reduces by nearly $3 billion the amount of taxes needed to balance the budget, spurs job creation through new tax incentives and pays off most of the $34.7 billion debt built up over the last decade. “California’s economy is growing, but we still face a $10 billion […]

 Hours after Pakistani Taliban suicide bombers killed at least 80 people in northwest Pakistan, State Department spokesman Mark Toner condemned what he called a brutal attack.

SAN ANTONIO–A federal grand jury indicted a man and a woman on Thursday with conspiracy to possess machine guns, possessing machine guns, and smuggling goods from the United States in connection to a undercover buy conducted in April 2011. The indictment stems from a joint investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security […]

WASHINGTON–An Arizona man was sentenced Thursday to 180 months in prison for engaging in a child exploitation enterprise. David Dean, 43, of Peoria, also received a lifetime of supervised release, according to Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney David J. Hickton for the Western District of Pennsylvania and U.S. […]

Some fellow and former Navy SEALS talk about their training and what it takes to become part of the group that brought down Osama bin Laden

WASHINGTON, D.C.–The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing stronger air toxics standards for secondary lead smelters, improving air quality and protecting people’s health in communities where the smelters are located. The proposed standards would cut lead and arsenic emissions and would, for the first time, require these facilities to control emissions of dioxins. Exposure […]

WASHINGTON–Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today announced $25.5 million in grant funding under the Border Interoperability Demonstration Project (BIDP)—a one-time competitive grant program focused on developing innovative solutions to strengthen interoperable emergency communications along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico.　 “The projects funded through the Border Interoperability Demonstration Project strengthen the security of […]

SAN FRANCISCO–The Judicial Council of California today received a comprehensive report from the Task Force for Criminal Justice Collaboration on Mental Health Issues that makes 137 recommendations for improving practices and procedures in cases involving both adult and juvenile offenders with mental illness. “This report is being presented at a time when courts and our […]