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An hourglass. California elections officials anxiously await delayed Census data. Image via iStock
Posted inWhatMatters

Election calendar crunch: Census count is running late

Avatar photo by Ben Christopher April 8, 2021April 9, 2021

California election officials are running out of time. Let’s work backwards through the process:  Before the state holds its primary election in 2022, it has to give candidates the opportunity to file to run; Before that, it has to create district maps so that those candidates know who and what they’ll actually be running to […]

Posted inWhatMatters

CA Dems split: Tax the rich, or borrow big?

Avatar photo by Emily Hoeven August 7, 2020August 7, 2020
Aerial view of Shasta County's Keswick Dam area after the Carr Fire, Aug. 21, 2018. Kathleen Galligan, USA TODAY network. Used by permission.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Climate change, the net and a burger boycott

Avatar photo by Dan Morain August 31, 2018
Supporters of California's sanctuary laws demonstrate at the federal courthouse in Sacramento. Photo by Robbie Short for CALmatters
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Why judge upheld California’s ‘sanctuary state’ law

Avatar photo by Dan Morain July 6, 2018
Typing on a computer. Photo via Pixabay
Posted inCapitol, Economy, Politics

After public outcry, lawmakers revive California’s gutted net neutrality bill

by Antoinette Siu July 5, 2018June 23, 2020
State Sen. Scott Wiener, a San Francisco Democrat, is shown testifying in from of the California Assembly's Communications and Conveyance Committee on SB822, a bill that would create a net neutrality policy in the state of California.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Net neutrality bill is hijacked, gutted

Avatar photo by Dan Morain June 21, 2018
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Net neutrality showdown; What Nancy Pelosi says

Avatar photo by Dan Morain June 20, 2018July 8, 2019
Two people hold Boring Company flamethrowers.
Posted inNewsletters, WhatMatters

Elon Musk plays with fire

Avatar photo by Dan Morain May 31, 2018
Two people hold Boring Company flamethrowers.
Posted inPolitics

Lawmakers back off, allowing Elon Musk—and his California customers—to play with fire

by Robbie Short May 30, 2018June 23, 2020
Students entering the UC Berkeley campus via Sather Gate. Photo via Wikimedia.
Posted inEducation

California lawmakers chip away at state’s college affordability crisis

by Jessica Calefati July 6, 2017August 20, 2021
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