Seventy percent of the state’s residents think kids in the state will be financially worse off than their parents. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital […]
A union complaint filed with California regulators says a leaked internal memo shows Kaiser intended to break its own rules and state law, leaving patients without care during the ongoing strike. By Mark Kreidler, Capital […]
Voters backed a $10 billion climate bond in California, rejected an anti-climate initiative in Washington By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published […]
As wildfires worsen, some federal firefighters fear Republican control of Congress and the White House could accelerate their exit from the workforce, leaving critical gaps in fire response. By Jeremy Lindenfeld, Capital & Main This […]
Ahead of a ballot measure to add $2 to the hourly minimum wage, studies show fast food jobs increased after the state bumped hourly pay to $20 in that sector. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & […]
Where prisons are located, the way they are built, and the health condition of prisoners means deaths will likely increase with climate change, experts say. By Hilary Beaumont, Capital & Main This story is produced […]
The former president has attracted growing support from tech investors, who are seeking favorable tax policies and more deregulation that could widen inequality. By Daria Solovieva, Capital & Main This story is produced by the […]
This story on California’s low-wage workers is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. By Mark Kreidler Low-wage industries are forecast to lead job growth, and the share of workers […]
This story on Trump’s environmental agenda is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. By Marcus Baram “It could be two steps forward or 20 steps back, cautious optimism or […]
This story on efforts needed to close income gap in California is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. By Mark Kreidler Despite decades of progressive policies and enhanced safety-net […]
This story on low-wage workers in California is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main and co-published here with permission. By Mark Kreidler California’s new $20 minimum wage for most fast-food workers provoked plenty of […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. Pacific Gas and Electric Company, which dominates the supply of power to most of Northern and Central […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. For organized labor in the U.S., 2023 was a year of strikes that made national news and […]
By Mark Kreidler This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. The bureaucratic inertia in Sacramento is often a byproduct of conflicting values or political chess—or, sometimes, legitimate […]
By Aaron Cantú This story is produced by the award-winning journalism nonprofit Capital & Main, and co-published here with permission. It’s been more than two years since a California lawmaker first introduced a bill requiring big corporations […]
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