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Carolyn Jones CalMatters A beleaguered Sacramento charter school, which the state last year accused of misspending $180 million, has filed for bankruptcy after the school said negotiations broke down over its repayment of the debt. Highlands Community and Technical Schools, which serves about 2,000 adults at six campuses in...
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Nadia Lathan CalMatters Want to know who’s who in Republican politics? Look no further than the megadonors bankrolling California’s voter ID initiative. Illinois billionaire packing supply magnate Richard Uihlein, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into conservative causes, has contributed $17 million to the campaign for Proposition...
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La secretaria de Estado de California, Shirley N. Weber, instó a los votantes a votar por adelantado en las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre, confirmando que el sistema de voto por correo del estado se mantiene sin cambios a pesar de las impugnaciones federales y rechazando las acusaciones...
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Proposition 45, on the California ballot this November, would expedite environmental review for many housing, transportation, water and health projects by speeding up the review process overall. Many environmental and labor groups oppose the proposal, arguing it guts the California Environmental Quality Act. Kat Lockwood, CEO of the nonprofit...
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The raid on the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is underscoring an Illinois lawmaker’s push to replace the Department of Homeland Security with a new agency she said would better protect the American people. Rep. Delia C. Ramirez, D-Ill., has formally introduced the Reimagining Safety Act. It would...
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Selen Ozturk American Community Media Una propuesta de la administración de Trump para reformar el censo de 2030 excluiría a los inmigrantes en situación irregular, eliminaría las preguntas sobre raza, origen étnico y orientación sexual, y modificaría los requisitos de prueba de residencia que se utilizan para asignar escaños...
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La Propuesta 45, que se votará en California este noviembre, agilizaría la evaluación ambiental de numerosos proyectos de vivienda, transporte, agua y salud al acelerar el proceso de revisión en general. Muchos grupos ecologistas y sindicales se oponen a la propuesta, argumentando que socava la Ley de Calidad Ambiental...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters California voters will soon be asked whether they want to keep taxing the incomes of the rich. And they’ll be asked whether to start taxing the accumulated wealth of the even richer. Wait, there’s more. They’ll also get to weigh in on whether we should ban...
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California Secretary of State Shirley N. Weber urged voters to vote early in the Nov. 3 general election, confirming that the state’s mail-in ballot system remains unchanged despite federal challenges and rejecting claims of widespread election fraud. With ballots already being distributed by mail to every registered voter, Californians...