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House approves Trump’s $2K checks, sending to GOP-led Senate
The House voted overwhelmingly Monday to increase COVID-19 relief checks to $2,000, meeting President Donald Trump’s demand for bigger payments and sending the bill to the GOP-controlled Senate, where the outcome is uncertain.
Free Online Forum for Community and Legal Issues Set for January 9, 2021
A law firm specializing in racial and economic justice, employment law, and consumer class actions – has joined forces with Congregations Organized for Prophetic Engagement (COPE) to co-sponsor a Virtual Community and Legal Issues Clinic on Saturday, January 9, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Facebook Live and YouTube, hosted by MWA partner Joseph Richardson, Esq.
As small businesses await new US aid, it’s too late for some
Sarah Trubnick is starting to make peace with a gut-wrenching reality: She may never reopen The Barrel Room, her beloved 5-year-old restaurant in San Francisco’s financial district. The sweeping $900 billion pandemic relief package that Congress has approved contains billions in aid directed specifically at struggling small businesses like Trubnick’s.
House passes $900 billion COVID relief, catchall measure
The House easily passed a $900 billion pandemic relief package Monday night that would finally deliver long-sought cash to businesses and individuals and resources to vaccinate a nation confronting a frightening surge in COVID-19 cases and deaths.
Negotiators report progress on long-delayed COVID aid bill
Top negotiators reported at least some progress on a long-delayed COVID-19 aid package Tuesday after a rare meeting of Capitol Hill's four most senior lawmakers. The quartet, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell, said they would reconvene Tuesday night in hopes of sealing an agreement soon.
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Valley-Wide packet: Winchester Zone 33 parks tax up to $1,697 per SF unit; Annex 14 WQMP up to $175 — Sept. 21 agenda
The Sept. 21, 2026 Valley-Wide agenda packet lists a Winchester Zone 33 parks-tax maximum of $1,697 per single-family unit and an Annexation 14 WQMP maximum of $175. Landowner election results and final adoption are not confirmed in posted minutes.
Kohler booked on murder, hit-run death after Palm Avenue scooter crash
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
Vote Yes on Proposition 45: A Vote for Jobs and Innovation
A yes vote on Proposition 45 is a vote for jobs and innovation.
San Jacinto Planning Commission recommends two annexations, including 151 homes south of Ramona Expressway
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.




