Since voters passed Measure O in 1979, Santa Cruz has required new developments to include affordable units — a policy strengthened in 2020 but still not enough to meet today’s crisis. Measure C ...

The state needs to do something about Comcast/Xfinity — it is out of control. The company just keeps raising its prices over and over again. My bill was $150 a year ago; I haven’t added anything to my ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. There was a big rally held here in town recently. It was given a lot of space in this newspaper.

BEIJING(AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping delivered a speech Monday on the opening day of a major meeting of the ruling Communist Party to approve a draft plan laying out its goals for the country over ...

Chip Bogosian and I served together as commissioners of the Guemes Island Fire Department, with Chip serving many years as chairman. Chip led the Board in making a number of impressive changes that ...

To the Editor: I read with growing concern the editorial on this morning’s Union Leader’s front page and started wondering where was your concern for our freedoms over the past 12 years? Catholics ...

To the editor — Bigly shuffling sounds? The Republican Party handing out versions of Project 2025. Of DJT'S first 53 Executive Orders, 36 are accused copycats of the Projects. He's doing what Russell ...

Closer study of our Second Amendment by readers and writers like Stephanie O’Rourke and Max Reichard is always welcome. Accurate understanding of historical context is required. The amendment, part of ...