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Legal weed, an opioid tax and judicial ethics
Steyer gets a GOP name check. High anxiety over Newsom's weed license backlog. A tax even a CA Republican could love. High-speed make-nice. A judicial slap.
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Charter schools, for-profit schools, paying for schools—and the future of work
Becerra tries to claw back public records. Elections have consequences for charter schools. For-profit colleges get scrutiny. Plus: Dynamex draws a crowd.
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GOP’s new leader, Trump’s $1 abortion bill, striking teachers and housing costs
CA GOP gets a new chair. Trump wants Californians to pay an extra insurance bill, for $1, because, abortion. Striking teachers, housing and charter schools
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GOP’s future, gerrymandering’s power, prisoners’ healthcare
What's next for the California Republican Party? Redistricting for 2022 commences. Charles Munger Jr. pulls way back from the GOP.
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Soda taxes, unions and California’s ongoing water crisis
Another teachers strike. Public employee unions take a hit in numbers. Becerra polices the police. And the soda tax is back.
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Trump, Newsom head for high-speed fight
Trump wants that high speed rail money back. Lawmakers want the bullet train to go to San Jose. Charter transparency gets a vote. And the soda tax is back.
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Water politics, bee health and CA sues over border emergency
Behind Felicia Marcus' water board ouster, research into bee die-offs, 16 states sue over Trump's border emergency and preventing cancer.
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Police misconduct, guns rights, disasters and taxes
The fight for continues for police misconduct records, a pioneering state gun law is being challenged by red states, and a court ruling is creating tax chaos.
