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One of the agencies left without resources due to the budget battle in Congress is the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which has no approved funding for fiscal year 2026. FEMA coordinates federal aid after wildfires, hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and other major events. The lack of an agreement can...
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Una de las agencias que ha quedado sin recursos por la pelea presupuestal en el Congreso, es la Agencia Federal para el Manejo de Emergencias (FEMA), la cual no tiene fondos aprobados para el año fiscal 2026. FEMA coordina la ayuda federal después de incendios forestales, huracanes, inundaciones, terremotos...
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Cada vez que compras un producto en el supermercado, estás emitiendo un voto. No se trata de un voto que se queda en una urna, sino uno que ayuda a determinar, día tras día, qué tipo de mundo estamos construyendo. En un contexto de crisis climática y degradación de...
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Every time you buy a product at the supermarket, you are casting a vote. This isn’t a vote that stays in a ballot box, but one that helps determine, day after day, what kind of world we are building. In a context of climate crisis and soil degradation, sustainable...
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Maya C. Miller CalMatters California Democrats, hungry to retake the U.S. House, all agree they must defeat Central Valley Republican incumbent Rep. David Valadao. But they can’t agree on who his challenger should be. Months out from a critical primary election, there’s a sharp divide among liberal activists over which...
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Maya C. Miller CalMatters Los demócratas de California, ansiosos por recuperar la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, están de acuerdo en que deben derrotar al actual representante republicano del Valle Central, David Valadao. Pero no pueden ponerse de acuerdo sobre quién debería ser su rival. A meses de una...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California está actualizando nuevamente el sistema que utiliza para decidir qué comunidades contaminadas deben recibir fondos para la limpieza. La herramienta, CalEnviroScreen, ya ha canalizado miles de millones de dólares a los barrios más afectados del estado, pero los críticos afirman que aún ignora a algunos...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California is again updating the system it uses to decide which polluted communities get cleanup funding. The tool, CalEnviroScreen, has already steered billions of dollars to the state’s most burdened neighborhoods, but critics say it still overlooks some of them. The update is reigniting a long-smoldering...
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The 2026 tax season has officially begun. Millions of taxpayers are preparing to file their federal income tax returns for the 2025 tax year. Paying taxes is important for many reasons. Taxes fund essential public services: roads, bridges, schools, public hospitals, firefighters, police, transportation, health programs, and social assistance....