Earmarks have been rebranded, but they still divide California Senate candidates

Joe Garofoli, Shira Stein Sep. 19, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) California’s top Democratic Senate candidates agree on most issues, but not on earmarks — the once derided, then revived practice that Congress uses to steer money into hometown projects without going through the normal appropriations process.  Earmarks, which returned in 2021 after a decade-long… Continue reading