As Democrats descend into a spiral of panic about the 2010 midterm elections, strategists for both parties are wondering how big an issue the cap-and-trade energy plan will be.

One of the important lessons my parents taught me was to lean from one's mistakes.

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's proposed $3.8 trillion budget for the 2011 fiscal year includes increased spending for air traffic control, fighting wildfires and other programs important to the Coachella Valley.

RIAA:- After Live! Music Review closed, editor Bill Glahn wrote a series of articles for Counterpunch called RIAA Watch.

Nearly 40 percent of Inland Empire immigrants are citizens, according to a report released earlier this week that shows their contributions throughout California.

Rep. Mary Bono Mack has launched an online petition drive aimed at keeping detainees at Guantanamo Bay's facility off U.S. soil.

Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack , the Republican representative for California's 45th district, and her leading Democratic challenger, gay Palm Springs mayor Steven Pougnet, agree that Congress should pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act.

WASHINGTON - The stunning Republican victory in Tuesday's Massachusetts Senate race will force Democrats to fundamentally rethink the meaning of Barack Obama's election to the presidency, especially the notion that Americans want more government help in matters such as obtaining health insurance.

The environmental threat posed by the shrinking Salton Sea must be mitigated. However, a ruling by a Sacramento County Superior Court judge on the historic 2003 agreement that approved the largest water transfer in U.S. history puts the funding for the mitigation in jeopardy.

Immigration reform advocates urged Rep. Mary Bono Mack on Thursday to support an overhaul that would legalize the nation's undocumented workers.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's chances of balancing the state's budget by securing an additional $6.9 billion in federal funding "are almost non-existent," according to a nonpartisan analysis released Tuesday.

A political showdown is in the works with two well-known Republicans fighting over the Coachella Valley's county supervisor seat.

Palm Springs Green Scene, a local green initiative, and the Palm Springs Sustainability Commission are screening a documentary about the resilience of community today at the Palm Springs public library.

Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney - in the Coachella Valley on Saturday - announced his support for U.S. Rep.

The race is on for the Riverside County Board of Supervisors. Former Palm Springs Police Chief Gary Jeandron announced Thursday that he is running for the board's 4th District seat in the June election and challenging newly appointed Supervisor John Benoit.

The Sacramento area will be represented, as will Orange County, California's Central Coast and greater Fresno.

Reporting from Washington - U.S. Rep. Dan Lungren's political resume is already hefty: two-term California attorney general, Republican nominee for governor and one of the few members of Congress to have represented two different districts hundreds of miles apart.

You have only to watch TV, open a newspaper or talk to your friends, family members and neighbors to understand exactly how hard our economy has been hit here in the Coachella Valley.

When it comes to luring convention- and conference-goers this winter, Arizona's resort towns may be too much fun for their own good.

Friday, December 18th, 2009. Issue 51, Volume 13. A tentative water rights agreement that was reached between the Pechanga Indian tribe and the Rancho California Water District a year ago would be cemented under legislation recently introduced by Congresswoman Mary Bono Mack.