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State Employees Push Back on Newsom’s Return-to-Office Order
California state employees are pressing lawmakers to preserve remote-work flexibility as Gov. Gavin Newsom moves ahead with a policy requiring many state workers to...
Billionaire Tax Measure Qualifies for November Ballot: What Voters Should Know
California voters will decide in November whether to impose a one-time tax on the state’s billionaires, setting up an expensive and politically charged fight...
Single-Payer Health Care Could Work in California, but Fiscal and Political Hurdles Loom
California’s long-running debate over single-payer health care has entered a new phase, with University of California researchers concluding that a statewide system may be...
Funds Dwindle for Newsom’s Promise to Help Californians Build New Careers
Gov. Gavin Newsom spent much of 2023 promoting a broad overhaul of California’s career training system, telling audiences from West Sacramento to Modesto and...
Immigration Raids Put Skin Color at Forefront for Young California Latinos
For many Latino families in Southern California, the fear stirred by immigration enforcement is not new. It reaches back across generations, resurfacing in stories...
