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Many rural California communities are desperate for school construction money. Will a new bond measure offer enough help?

by Carolyn Jones November 27, 2023November 27, 2023

Small, rural districts often struggle to pass local bond measures to pay for school construction and repairs. In some cases, leaking roofs, dry rot and broken air conditioners haven’t been fixed in years.

Gaston Middle School in Fresno. Image via Fresno Unified School District

California Supreme Court dismantles no-bid school construction contracts

by Dan Walters May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

California Capitol, home of the Assembly and Senate. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

Court slaps down no-bid school contracts

by Dan Walters December 1, 2020November 30, 2020

How California will influence DC

by Emily Hoeven November 9, 2020November 9, 2020

Week-long school closure is announced on the marquee at Foulks Ranch elementary school in Elk Grove. Elk Grove Unified closed all district schools until March 13 after a student tested positive for COVID-19. Photo by Anne Wernikoff for CalMatters

California starting to close down

by Emily Hoeven March 12, 2020March 11, 2020

Mrs. Kilgore’s fifth and sixth grade classroom on December 13, 2019. Smart classrooms were one of the upgrades the school received when the building was rebuilt.

California’s Prop. 13 school bond is officially defeated

by Ricardo Cano March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

Souring on school bonds + COVID-19 reverberates + Presidential primary spending + Bonding over gun legislation + Volunteering

by Dan Morain March 6, 2020March 6, 2020

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School bonds usually are a cinch in California — what happened this time?

by Ricardo Cano March 5, 2020March 6, 2020

All the James Bonds are on display in Madame Tussaud's in Berlin, Germany — but our video will take the mystery out of the bonds on your California ballot. Photo by: Britta Pedersen/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images

Bonds demystified: Watch what a bond measure is, in under 2 minutes

by Byrhonda Lyons and Judy Lin February 29, 2020February 29, 2020

California Assembly minority leader Marie Waldron speaks at a rally to repeal AB 5

Dreaming in Salinas about a home + Gig economy battle ahead + The water fight to come

by Dan Morain February 24, 2020February 23, 2020

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