Re: “Vote no on Measure A sales tax hike” (Page A12, Oct. 19). Has the Mercury News gone crazy? I read the editorial, and it’s hard to believe that the liberal Mercury News opposes a tax increase.

Donations to the campaign total over $274,000, with major contributions from businesses, nonprofits and industry groups. If approved, the sales tax would increase Redding's rate to 8.25% and is ...

Voters in Santa Clara County will decide if they should approve a five-eighths cent sales tax on Election Day 2025. If approved, the measure would take effect in April 2026 and last five years through ...

Santa Clara County officials are worried about how big cuts to Medicaid under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act will hurt the area’s four county-run hospitals, which rely heavily on ...

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A Republican measure that would pay essential government employees faltered in the Senate, and the G.O.P. blocked a pair of Democratic bills to pay a broader swath of workers. By Catie Edmondson ...

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The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump’s attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea. By Megan Mineiro Reporting from the Capitol A bipartisan ...

A group of bipartisan senators will force a vote on a War Powers Resolution to block the use of force by American troops within or against Venezuela after President Trump raised the possibility of ...

The Chicago Bears picked up a dramatic win over the Washington Commanders on Monday night, but it came at a cost. Star wideout DJ Moore did not travel back with the team, instead spending a night at a ...