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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The child-care crunch in California is real, and advocates for families are pressing the state to make quality a priority, in addition to quantity. This fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to release a long-awaited master plan for quality early care...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – La crisis del cuidado infantil en California es real, y los defensores de las familias están presionando al estado para que haga de la calidad una prioridad, además de la cantidad. Este otoño, el gobernador Gavin Newsom lanzará un plan maestro...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – El gobierno federal ha cambiado discretamente una política que podría facilitar que algunos residentes se inscriban en un seguro médico. Anteriormente, los trabajadores tenían solo 60 días después de perder su cobertura médica basada en el trabajo para inscribirse en planes de mercado en healthcare.gov. Cheryl...
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The federal government has quietly changed a policy that could make it easier for some residents to sign up for health insurance. Previously, workers had only 60 days after losing their job-based health coverage to sign up for marketplace plans on healthcare.gov. Cheryl Fish-Parcham, director of...
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PACIFICA, Calif. – A pesar de los desacuerdos entre los partidos, se espera que el Congreso adopte una nueva ley de estímulo para rescatar la economía golpeada por COVID, y los grupos que luchan contra el cambio climático dicen que la política ambiental debería ser parte de ella. Están...
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PACIFICA, Calif. — Despite party-line disagreements, Congress is expected to take up a new stimulus bill to rescue the COVID-battered economy, and groups fighting climate change say environmental policy should be part of it. They’re urging lawmakers to support job creation by funding projects to cut pollution, protect the...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Public health experts say smoke from the wildfires choking California skies carries dangerous levels of particulate matter. Studies show firestorms drive a spike in visits to the emergency room – especially among the elderly. Dr. Janice Kirsch is a medical oncologist trained in public health. She said the...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Los expertos en salud pública dicen que el humo de los incendios forestales que asfixian los cielos de California conlleva niveles peligrosos de partículas. Los estudios muestran que las tormentas de fuego provocan un aumento en las visitas a la sala de emergencias, especialmente entre los...
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Jenny Manrique; Translation by Arturo Hilario Ethnic Media Services When Jovanna López realized that the food received by immigrants, blacks, and indigenous people who stood in long queues at food banks in San Antonio, Texas, was out of date or rotten, she set out to work so that these...