Since long before the COVID-19 pandemic, states have possessed broad authority to protect public health, even to suspend laws and commandeer private property. Here’s why, and how it works.
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They had to get through the pandemic, election denial and scary envelopes. While some left, counties now say they’re having better luck recruiting poll workers.
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Fears that pop superstar will encourage her “Swifties” to vote for Joe Biden has Trump fans declaring “Holy War.”
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A new book, Donald McNeil Jr.’s ‘The Wisdom of Plagues,’ makes me feel angry that I contracted the disease in what should be the post-COVID era.
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California in 2024 has implemented two new, potentially important traffic safety laws
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Some recipients say they received no notice or warning that the state had pulled their health coverage.
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The federal government cut off a pandemic-era food support program that 20 percent of Californians still need.
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The COVID-era dive into European-style social democracy helped a lot of people—but now that’s all over.
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State program has run so low on money that applications have been delayed for two years or more.
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A year after COVID-era eviction ban ended, renters face losing their homes at soaring rates.
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But public health experts urge Californians to avoid overconfidence and take precautions.