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By the numbers

By Julie Cart (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. As California emerges from its “peak” wildfire season, the state has managed […]


Election 2022

State of direct democracy

By Ben Christopher, Sameea Kamal and CalMatters staff (for Cal Matters) CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. This feature is part of the CN&R’s […]


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Big change for big rigs

By Nadia Lopez CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. New big rigs and other trucks will have to be zero-emissions in 2040—ending their decades-long […]


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Purity measure

By Rachel Becker CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California water regulators approved the world’s first requirements for testing microplastics in drinking water sources—a […]


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Cal State system struggles to graduate Black students

By Mikhail Zinshteyn, Michaella Huck and Julie Watts for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. “A lot of people would tell you to get […]


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Hidden figures

By Mikhail Zinshteyn for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. At the close of the first-ever California State University Juneteenth Symposium this summer, […]


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Covered California rates going up

By Ana B. Ibarra for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Premiums for health insurance plans sold through the state marketplace will increase […]


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Abortion pills available on California campuses

By Mallika Seshadri CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. As California’s efforts to enshrine abortion access continue, the University of California and California State […]


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Beyond ‘thoughts and prayers’

By Emily Hoeven CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. What’s more American than a mass shooting? That was the question posed by the Sacramento Bee […]


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The 411 on 11/8

By Ben Christopher and Sameea Kamal CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Much is expected of the California voter.  In any given election year, […]


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Pay initiative stalls

By Jeanne Kuang CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Californians won’t vote this fall on whether the minimum wage should rise again as inflation […]


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California budget: Big surplus, big differences

by Alexei Koseff for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California lawmakers approved a $300 billion state budget this week, but it is […]


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First suspected monkeypox case in state

by Ana B. Ibarra & Kristen Hwang for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California reported its first case of suspected monkeypox yesterday […]


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‘Everyone loses’

by Rachel Becker for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. Standing on the grassy plateau where water is piped onto his property, Josh […]


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‘When you don’t know where to go, you come here’

by Alexi Koseff for CalMatters CalMatters is an independent public journalism venture covering California state politics and government. For more info, visit calmatters.org. California abortion clinics are building new facilities closer to transit hubs and training more […]