A new California law will require colleges and universities to clearly inform students how to request additional financial aid if they believe their awarded amount is not enough. Institutions must also publish how they calculate their costs of attendance, which is used to determine how much financial aid students receive.
Posted inPolitics
Beware the ‘red mirage’ if California Republicans have an election night lead
Don’t be fooled by early election returns. It can take California weeks to tally votes, leading to “red mirages” and “blue shifts.”
Posted inPolitics
Counties’ Election Day rules may block news coverage of voting, civil rights groups warn
Some of California’s most populous counties are issuing guidelines restricting the press from documenting Election Day proceedings at polling places in ways that appear to violate state statutes and the First Amendment.
Posted inEnvironment
San Onofre’s nuclear waste is stored on the beach: Will another community agree to take it?
San Onofre’s nuclear waste has been stored on a beach for years. This lawmaker wants to find a community willing to take it.
Posted inCommentary
The ‘affordability’ crisis is also a crisis of broken trust in the American Dream
“Affordability” is the gap between what things cost and what you can afford to spend, yes, but it’s more than that.
Posted inK-12 Education
Why school board members aren’t running for reelection: ‘A lot of disillusionment’
School board members cited a slew of reasons for not running for reelection, including distress over budget cuts and labor strife, immigration raids affecting schools and youth and an overall hostile political climate.
Posted inJustice
California police union takes on a Supreme Court justice in new campaign
California’s largest law enforcement union is urging voters to oust Supreme Court Justice Kelli Evans with a last-minute campaign before Election Day.
Posted inCalMatters en Español
Para que conste: El hombre de Fresno deportado por ICE tenía antecedentes de cruces ilegales
Según las autoridades federales, Luis Arreguin había sido deportado cinco veces antes de su reciente arresto por motivos de inmigración en el condado de Fresno.
Posted inCommentary
Dolores Huerta’s legacy is the generations of labor activists she inspired from the frontlines
Dolores Huerta was an inspirational role model, a militant who named and shaped the world, writes a UC Berkeley professor reflecting on the labor icon’s legacy.
Posted inCalMatters en Español
Candidatos de California están dando instrucciones discretas sobre cómo atacar a sus oponentes. Así es como funciona
Una investigación de CalMatters reveló que más de una docena de candidatos legislativos parecen estar proporcionando material de campaña a grupos de interés especiales externos para que lo utilicen en su nombre.