Month: September 2021

Facts Matter (Sept. 27): Interview with AZ Senate President; Final Audit Report Analysis

The large-scale audit of the 2020 election in Maricopa County has been underway for the past five months now. It started all the way back at the end of April. As a part of that audit, the Arizona state Senate has been conducting a hand recount of 2.1 million ballots, looking for any possible I.T….


California Offers New Eviction Protections Until 2022

California officials announced Sept. 27 new eviction protections for tenants who did not paid their rent during the pandemic until March 31, 2022. As California’s eviction moratorium comes to a close on Sept. 30, the new eviction protections that go into effect Oct. 1 will allow tenants who apply for the state’s COVID-19 Rent Relief program…


Los Angeles to Invest $30 Million to Reach 100 Percent Renewable Energy by 2035

The City of Los Angeles announced on Sept. 27 that it will invest $30 million to help achieve its goal of 100 percent renewable energy by the year 2035. The funds will go toward a program that will create solar energy and storage options in city-owned buildings across Los Angeles. This year’s city budget allotted…


Orange County DA Alleges Laguna Beach Officials Violated Brown Act

Laguna Beach city officials may have violated the Brown Act, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s (OCDA) Office. In two letters sent by Deputy District Attorney Steven Schriver to Councilmember George Weiss and City Attorney Phillip Kohn, Schriver claims that the council violated the Brown Act during a June 29 closed session by failing…


DEA Warns Public About Increased Availability of Counterfeit Pills

LOS ANGELES—The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) warned Sept. 27 that there has been a significant nationwide surge in the availability and lethality of fake prescription pills containing fentanyl and methamphetamine. “We want to save lives and protect the community with this important awareness campaign,” said Los Angeles Field Division Special Agent in Charge Bill Bodner….


Larry Sharpe: How America Could Be Made a Tax-Free Nation

Income tax in America changed in the early 1900s, and the tax systems in the United States are no longer as they were in the times of the Founding Fathers, or their original ideas on how the federal government should be financed. To learn more about the U.S. tax system, and the other potential options…


Deep Dive (Sept. 27): Mayorkas: About 13,000 Haitians Released Into US

Thousands of illegal immigrants have been expelled from the country, but Homeland Security head Alejandro Mayorkas says thousands more illegal Haitian immigrants are being released into the United States. He said on Sunday, “About 4,000 actually have been expelled under the public health authority of the Centers for Disease Control. There are about 13,000 that are…


America’s Ultimate Drive: New York to Los Angeles

It’s one of America’s most storied drives, and greatest road traditions, traveling from Atlantic to Pacific, between the country’s two largest cities. The journey is celebrated in history, and literature (from “The Grapes of Wrath” to “On the Road”), very much a part of the nation’s fabric. From wagon trains stabbing westward to the days…


Orange County Fair Decides Not to Approve Next Year’s Gun Shows

The Orange County Fair & Event Center Board of Directors voted Sept. 23 to not attempt to circumvent an incoming bill that would ban gun shows at the fairgrounds. Senate Bill 264, authored by Sen. Dave Min (D-Irvine), which would effectively ban gun shows at the Orange County Fair & Event Center, has been passed…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Sept. 27)

R&B Singer R. Kelly is found guilty and could be looking at life in prison, the man who tried to assassinate President Ronald Reagan is set to be freed from all court supervision next June, and health care workers in New York are now required to get vaccinated.