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California vs. Florida: What you need to know before the Newsom-DeSantis debate

by CalMatters November 29, 2023November 29, 2023

What to know about COVID, homelessness and more before watching Gavin Newsom and Ron DeSantis debate on Fox.

California Divide

Though critical to the economy, California’s young workers toil in low-wage work

by Alejandra Reyes-Velarde November 9, 2023November 9, 2023

Illustration by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters; iStock

California missed chances to stop EBT theft. It’s lost tens of millions of taxpayer dollars since

by Jeanne Kuang November 8, 2023November 8, 2023

East Bay Consortium Financial Aid Program Coordinator Ruby de Anda Enriquez, right, speaks with a parent about grant options during a financial aid workshop at College Information Day at UC Berkeley in Berkeley on Oct. 14, 2023. The California Student Aid Commission held sessions on financial aid to help inform students and families about their different options. Photo by Juliana Yamada for CalMatters

California wants every high school senior to apply for student financial aid. Will a federal delay slow efforts?

by Haydee Barahona and Li Khan November 7, 2023November 7, 2023

The offices of the Employment Development Department in Sacramento on Jan. 10, 2022. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

California’s unemployment insurance system is so poorly funded it pays 2004 wages

November 7, 2023November 6, 2023 by Thomas Rankin

In this photo illuminated by an off-camera flash, several homeless people stand next to their tents across the street from a luxury apartment building in Los Angeles on Jan. 17, 2023. Photo by Jae C. Hong, AP Photo

It will take big solutions to overcome decades of bad homelessness policies

November 6, 2023November 5, 2023 by Tomiquia Moss

Volunteers and staff with the Food Bank of Contra Costa and Solano load groceries into cars in Vallejo on June 7, 2023. Photo by Shelby Knowles for CalMatters

What should be done to lower California’s highest-in-nation poverty rate?

by Dan Walters November 5, 2023November 2, 2023

Maya Murchison at Eastlake High School in Chula Vista on Oct. 23, 2023. Murchison, a high school senior, says the recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action has affected her college application process. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters

Higher Education

How college admissions are changing after the end of affirmative action

by Carolyn Jones and Mikhail Zinshteyn November 3, 2023November 3, 2023

Students walk on campus at the University of California, Davis on Oct. 3, 2023. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters

Higher Education

If the state cannot afford to expand the Cal Grant program, key trade-offs loom

by Mikhail Zinshteyn October 27, 2023October 27, 2023

Tim Barnes (right), the assistant program manager at Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Academy, explains some of the curriculum and programming to Michaela De Guzman (left) and Jocelyn Tang (center) of Girls Who Code. Dozens of computer science-focused organizations displayed booths on the first floor of the Oakland Scottish Rite Center on Oct. 26, 2023. Photo by Emily Steinberger for CalMatters

A shortage of teachers for computer science classes puts California near the bottom of a national instruction ranking

by Carolyn Jones October 27, 2023October 30, 2023

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