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Peace treaty ends long war over medical malpractice

After decades of political war over damages in medical malpractice lawsuits, the contending factions have negotiated a peace treaty.

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• 5월 2, 2022

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Sacramento is a microcosm of California’s homeless crisis

The experience of Sacramento encapsulates California's homelessness crisis and the difficulty of dealing with it.

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• 5월 1, 2022

California is looking to recruit thousands of additional healthcare workers in en effort to meet growing demands of the COVID-19 pandemic

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Health care report: More questions than answers

Gov. Gavin Newsom's commission on remaking California's health care system just provided options rather than a clear pathway to change.

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• 4월 27, 2022

Students wears masks while working inside a 4th grade class amid the COVID-19 pandemic at Washington Elementary School in Lynwood on Jan. 12, 2022. Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez, AP Photo

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Declining enrollment clobbers California’s schools

Declining enrollment in California's public schools pose a financial dilemma for local school systems and political issue for the governor and the Legislature.

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• 4월 26, 2022

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Marion Joseph was right about teaching phonics

While Marion Joseph, a fierce advocate for phonics in reading instruction, has died, one California school district's experience validates her position.

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• 4월 25, 2022

California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

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Californians don’t get much bang for billions of bucks

Two new reports indicate that California taxpayers are not getting much bang for the billions of bucks they spend on public services.

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• 4월 24, 2022

California Attorney General Rob Bonta speaks at a protest demanding the state make meaningful investments in crime prevention and healing in response to the pandemic-fueled rise in violence plaguing communities on the steps of the California State Capitol, February 23, 2022. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters

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As COVID-19 recedes, Californians have new worries

A new poll found that Californians' worries about COVID-19 have receded, but their attention has shifted to some old issues and two new ones, crime and gas prices.

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• 4월 20, 2022

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Californians turn negative on high tax burdens

Californians bear one of the nation's highest tax burdens and two new polls indicate they are resenting it.

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• 4월 19, 2022

Sacramento Police crime scene investigators place evidence markers on 10th street at the scene of a mass shooting that killed six and injured 12 in Sacramento on Sunday, April 3, 2022. Photo by Jose Carlos Fajardo, Bay Area News Group

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Gov. Brown pushed for softer treatment of violent felons

Fingers of blame are being pointed about the early prison release of a man accused of being one of the shooters in a downtown Sacramento gang shootout. But the politician most responsible is former Gov. Jerry Brown.

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• 4월 18, 2022

People walk on a beach path as evening winds kick up sand in Long Beach on April 18, 2021. California's population has declined for the first time in its history and is now just under 39.5 million. AP Photo/Ashley Landis

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California’s shrinking population has big impacts

Expansive projections of California's population growth have been proven wrong and if anything, the state is now losing population with serious social and economic impacts.

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• 4월 10, 2022