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Republicans ask federal court to overturn California’s new Prop. 50 maps

By Maya C. Miller and Mikhail Zinshteyn for CalMatters Just last week California’s secretary of state officially certified that nearly two-thirds of Californians voted to pass Proposition 50, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to temporarily gerrymander […]


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Doug LaMalfa and Adam Schiff want to reopen Glenn County’s only hospital. But it won’t be easy

By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters Four weeks after Glenn County lost its only hospital, two California lawmakers in Congress have revived hopes for its return — though the road to reopening remains uncertain. Democratic […]


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Who’s running for California governor? Here’s a look at the current field of candidates

By Jeanne Kuang for CalMatters The game of musical chairs in the race to be California’s next governor lost another player last week.  After Democratic businessman Stephen Cloobeck — who was polling at below half […]


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Trump’s DOJ is sending election monitors to California with voting on Prop. 50 underway

By Maya C. Miller for CalMatters The Trump administration’s Department of Justice will deploy election monitors to five California counties on Election Day, the department announced Friday, in what it describes as an effort to […]


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New California law expands Newsom’s mental health court. Will it help more people?

By Jocelyn Wiener and Marisa Kendall for CalMatters One of Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s marquee mental health programs may broaden its reach despite persistent questions about the number of people it’s helping and whether it’s achieving the […]


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California’s incarcerated firefighters to see ‘historic’ pay increase in laws Newsom signed

By Cayla Mihalovich for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom today signed a set of bills meant to recognize incarcerated firefighters, including a historic measure to raise their pay to meet the federal minimum wage during active fires.  The wage increase, […]


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ICE is suddenly showing up in California hospitals. Workers want more guidance on what to do

By Ana B. Ibarra and Kristen Hwang for CalMatters Federal immigration agents are more routinely showing up at California medical facilities as the Trump administration ramps up deportations. They may come to the emergency room, […]


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California may soon ban selling new Glocks like the one Kamala Harris owns

By Ryan Sabalow for CalMatters The Democrats who control California’s Legislature are poised to ban the sale of one of the most popular types of handguns, like the one owned by arguably the state’s most […]


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Glenn County may lose its only hospital. How a dispute over roads is endangering it

By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters A debate over roads may cost Glenn County its only emergency room.  Glenn Medical Center, a 25-bed hospital in the rural agricultural town of Willows, north of Sacramento, is […]


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Will California ban ultra-processed foods in school meals? The bill was co-authored by local Assemblymember James Gallagher

By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters During the school year, kids attending schools in the Tahoe region are served cafeteria meals of ground turkey tacos, chicken or tofu bowls with brown rice, a salad bar filled […]


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‘I’m really scared’: Elderly and disabled Californians with more than $2,000 could lose Medi-Cal

By Kristen Hwang for CalMatters Cynde Soto, a quadriplegic who requires around-the-clock care, has been on Medi-Cal for most of her life. Recently, she came into a modest inheritance, about $8,000, that has helped cover […]


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In the wake of Susanville, Newsom moves to close another state prison. That makes 5 since he took office

By Nigel Duara for CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom today called for the closure of another prison in his new budget proposal, which would be the fifth facility closed under his watch, though he didn’t specify which […]


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Analysis: Over a century later, California may need another revolt against its utility companies

By Loretta Lynch for CalMatters Fed up with decades of powerful railroads corrupting the state board that was supposed to regulate them, California voters created the modern Public Utilities Commission in 1911. Now, some 114 […]


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Redding to Chico: Bridging the urban-rural divide for life saving substance abuse treatment

By Tracy Nguyen for CalMatters Imagine driving 75 miles one way every day because your life depended on it. That used to be the case for residents of Redding, in Shasta County, who needed treatment […]


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Shasta County and rural California, reliant on the Trump administration for jobs, braces for cuts

By Jeanna Kuang for CalMatters Far from the halls of power in Washington, the forested hamlet of Mount Shasta has long tied its economic fate to a functioning federal government.  Yet even in a county […]


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