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Newsom vetoes bill to stop DMV from keeping money after sales of towed cars
The bill was inspired by a CalMatters investigation.
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Eight bills related to License to Kill advance in the Legislature
Lawmakers proposed a suite of bills in response to a series of CalMatters investigative stories.
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Listen: The blueprint for the national immigration raids came from California
CalMatters and Latino USA team up to tell the story of the man behind the aggressive immigration raids in California and beyond.
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Meet the handful of lawmakers who actually vote “no”
For the record: A story in this issue of WhatMatters contained a number of erroneous characterizations and conclusions based on an incorrect interpretation of campaign finance data. Read the full correction. Almost no one in the California Legislature actually votes “no” on bills. They choose an easy way out, electing to not cast a vote […]
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Another rural hospital is in danger of shutting down in the coming days
Rural hospitals across the state — and country — are in trouble, urgently. Labor and supplies are getting more expensive. Federal Medicaid cuts are projected to cut into their revenues. And places like Inyo County, on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada, face the prospect of having to close key medical facilities. Southern Inyo […]
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This rural congressional district would be upended by redistricting
Modoc County, meet Marin County. It might be your new political boss. A ranching region along the Oregon border with just 8,500 residents, Modoc flies flags advocating secession from California. Now, if Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new redistricting plan goes through, Modoc would instead get pulled into the heart of liberal California. CalMatters political reporter Jeanne […]
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Gavin Newsom has some decisions to make
Gov. Gavin Newsom has a lot of decisions to make over the next month. His desk is stacked high with hundreds of bills recently passed by the state Legislature in the session that just ended this weekend. With the stroke of his pen, those bills would become law. Our reporting team has created this tracker […]
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Federal cuts shut down California health programs
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vocally pushed a fight against chronic health issues like obesity and heart disease. Yet, because of federal cuts, most county health departments will shut down nutrition programs focused on teaching low-income families how to stretch their food stamp dollars and cook healthier food. As Kristen Hwang reports, Kern County eliminated […]
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CA lawmakers overhaul energy and climate policy as session ends
The California Legislature’s long, busy and contentious session drew to a close this weekend. Here’s what you need to know: The Legislature is now out of session until January. For a review of the entire session, read Yue Stella Yu and Jeanne Kuang’s rundown of how lawmakers delivered major wins on climate, housing and labor […]
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He misled the public about his last big immigration sweep. Now he’s leading the Border Patrol in LA
The immigration raids across Los Angeles have all the hallmarks of Gregory Bovino's Kern County sweep, which a federal judge says likely violated the Constitution.