@bturque

Recovering journalist. Most recently Political Enterprise editor for The Sacramento Bee. Also worked for KC Star, Dallas Times Herald,, Wash Post, Newsweek.

 Kansas City, MO
Joined April 2010
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Before Kansas newspaper raid, police chief left KCPD under cloud, facing discipline. A story w/@LukeNozicka and @katie_reports kansascity.com/news/local/cr…
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my turn to contribute to the ceaseless fountain of barbie content 💖
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@CapitolAlert22 Jul 2023
Elected officials are obsessed with the summer blockbuster. sacbee.com/news/politics-gov…

‘Come on Barbie, let’s go govern.’ California politicians jump on the ‘Barbie’ bandwagon

Elected officials are obsessed with the summer blockbuster.

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Good look at how to pursue diversity without affirmative action bit.ly/43puzCW
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Hello readers of @TheStateWorker and @sacbee_news! I’m officially taking over The Bee’s state worker coverage as of today. After pinch-hitting for the last few months, I’m excited to dive in full-time. I have a lot to learn! Reach me at [email protected] or 279-386-4504
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Who is Robert Rivas? The Bee's Lindsey Holden, Mathew Miranda and Stephen Hobbs go deep on the new Speaker of the California Assembly bit.ly/46lDDLZ
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Hannity and Co. at Fox would like nothing better than seeing Gavin Newsom get the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination. bit.ly/43Mg2Su

Gavin Newsom shuts down questions from Fox News host Sean Hannity on presidential run

‘I don’t think he’s capable. I know he’s capable,’ Newsom said of President Joe Biden. ‘I see results. I see a master class in results the last few years.’

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California Republicans have found a new vehicle for an old message, that Dems are soft on crime. bit.ly/45Zi3wj
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Hundreds of journalists for Gannett, the largest newspaper chain in the U.S., walked off the job on Monday, accusing the company’s chief executive of decimating its local newsrooms, and demanding a change at the top. nyti.ms/3NbZ8ah

Hundreds of Gannett Journalists Walk Out (Published 2023)

The union representing the company’s newsroom employees criticized the C.E.O. for cutting jobs and hurting local journalism.

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Don't buy into Newsom's threats of prosecuting DeSantis for kidnapping. Legal experts say it's more political posturing that the basis for a criminal case. bit.ly/3oPx3MJ
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I heard a rumor about this, and thought it couldn't possibly be true, but it is. You can no longer buy a newspaper, any newspaper, at the Philadelphia train station.
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Union of Concerned Scientists say nearly 40 pct of wildfires in North America attributable to fossil fuel industry. bit.ly/3o9bhmP

Fossil fuel companies to blame for share of California wildfires, scientists say

A study by the Union of Concerned Scientists linked emissions from major coal, oil and gas companies to 37% of acres burned in the North American west since 1986

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Social Security could become first casualty of debr limit impasse. bit.ly/42L0TRd
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Immigration advocates protest squalid conditions at border crossing. bit.ly/3oaIRZt
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"I’m concerned the Federal Government is ill-prepared and has not put the resources in place to adequately protect San Diegans and the asylum-seeking migrants," said San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond. bit.ly/3O4y9yw

COVID immigration rule expires May 11. How will the end of Title 42 affect California?

‘If people are rushing the border either on foot or by vehicles, at any point, we will adjust to handle it.’

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ICYMI: Jena Hatch's close look at the California Senate's most outspoken new member. bit.ly/3BkF8LU

Death threats, recalls, and discrimination: Sen. Aisha Wahab isn’t here ‘to waste any time’

The recall committee is ‘an effort to distract us and intimate us, especially as a brand new Senator, as a young woman of color,’ said Sen. Wahab.

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Janet Yellin calls the House GOP's idea for funding government in the event of debt impasse “an exceptionally risky, untested and radical departure." bit.ly/3nKkdPj
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California bank regulators say they missed red flags. bit.ly/44N49wL
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Cut. Tax. Defer. Everyone has ideas about how to erase California's deficit. On Friday, we'll hear Gov. Newsom's. bit.ly/3M9QZma

Taxing corporations, closing prisons? Gavin Newsom weighs options to close California’s deficit

‘We aren’t currently in a recession, but we certainly could be headed into one. And I think we have to be really insistent in living within our means,’ one lawmaker said.

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When Gov. Gavin Newsom releases his revised budget proposal next week, it will paint an even gloomier picture than the $22.5 billion deficit projected just four months ago. w/ @LightmanDavid @sacbee_news sacbee.com/news/politics-gov…

California’s budget deficit is growing. Could federal debt ceiling standoff make it worse?

Gov. Gavin Newsom is scheduled next week to release a revision of his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.

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A round of applause for the response (or lackthereof) to my first California Legislative Open Records Act request ... #caleg
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