The Supreme Court justices agreed to review whether oil companies have standing to try to overturn a federal waiver for a California clean-car rule that ramped up electric car sales. The standards are the cornerstone of California’s efforts to clean …
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Some rural California communities are resisting efforts to streamline permitting for wind and solar farms and battery storage for environmental or safety reasons.
Former Gov. Jerry Brown speaks during an event hosted by the Public Policy Institute of California at the Sheraton Grand hotel in Sacramento on Dec. 12, 2024. Photo by Tia Gemmell Media, courtesy of PPIC
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When disaster strikes, California gets federal funding to hire temporary workers to clean debris. But the jobs are tough, and some agencies struggle to manage the grants.
The Legislature’s budget analyst, Gabe Petek, is marking the 20th anniversary of University of California’s Merced campus with an overview of how it has fared.
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Gov. Newsom launched an ambitious program that uses Medi-Cal to help Californians access housing, healthy food and more. Now, its fate is in the hands of President-Elect Trump.
National and California experts say Trump’s mass deportation plans make filling out the federal financial aid application for college a risk to students with undocumented parents. California’s own application has more safeguards.
California saw a record number of deaths in county jails two years ago. Now, a new state official is holding public meetings to hear from people concerned about safety in the lockups.
A small victory in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles may not seem like much from the outside — and it may prove temporary. But this recent development so far has affirmed a sense of balance in the city’s …
When the state Department of Education released academic test scores of California’s public school students in October, it cast them in positive terms.
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The Biden administration is awarding Inflation Reduction Act money to help clean the air before President-elect Trump takes over.
Robert Williams (left), business manager and secretary-treasurer, and James Boster (right), director of mental health and addiction, with District Council 16 of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, at their union office in Livermore on Nov. 6, 2024. …
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Employers and unions are grappling with the opioid crisis, while the state inches toward requiring Narcan in workplaces.
