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Peter White Ethnic Media Services Recession or no recession? That is the central question about the economy as we enter the new year. “We really do not know whether there will be a recession in 2023 or not,” says Economist George Fenton, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for...
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Flu season is here, and while many believe the flu isn’t serious, especially if they consider themselves “healthy,” it can sometimes be fatal. That’s a fact that Angie Wehrkamp and her family know all too well – in 2015, she lost her otherwise healthy daughter, Gianna, to the flu....
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Joe Hong CalMatters Black students’ standardized test scores and graduation rates have long trailed those of their white and Asian peers. For decades, educators and legislators have tried to close that achievement gap, and a school funding proposal in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget illustrates just how difficult it is...
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Sameea Kamal CalMatters President Biden signed a law banning nearly 4 million federal employees from having TikTok on their government phones, over national security concerns. This week, New Jersey and Ohio joined at least 20 other states in restricting access to TikTok, amid fears that the Chinese government could use the app...
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Con motivo del reciente aniversario en honor de Martin Luther King, la Fundación Kellogg lanzó desde hace 7 años el Día Nacional de Sanación Racial. Confieso que no estaba familiarizado con el término, pero tuve oportunidad de participar en algunas de las actividades relacionadas con los eventos de la actual...
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Congressman Kevin McCarthy from Bakersfield announced in his first address as U.S. House Speaker that he wants to combat what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools. But a new poll shows very few voters consider that to be an urgent priority. A survey commissioned by the American Federation of...
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Alexei Koseff CalMatters California will delay some spending commitments, reverse recent steps to shore up its fiscal health and shift funding sources to limit the cuts it must make to close a projected $22.5 billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week. The shortfall, slightly less than the $24...
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Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
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Starting in April, an estimated 2-3 million people could be dropped from Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people. For three years during COVID, terminations were halted, but Congress recently voted to de-link the program from the Public Health Emergency. So California will have 14 months to re-evaluate eligibility for...
Peter White Ethnic Media Services Recession or no recession? That is the central question about the economy as we enter the new year. “We really do not know whether there will be a recession in 2023 or not,” says Economist George Fenton, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for...
Flu season is here, and while many believe the flu isn’t serious, especially if they consider themselves “healthy,” it can sometimes be fatal. That’s a fact that Angie Wehrkamp and her family know all too well – in 2015, she lost her otherwise healthy daughter, Gianna, to the flu....
Joe Hong CalMatters Black students’ standardized test scores and graduation rates have long trailed those of their white and Asian peers. For decades, educators and legislators have tried to close that achievement gap, and a school funding proposal in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new budget illustrates just how difficult it is...
Sameea Kamal CalMatters President Biden signed a law banning nearly 4 million federal employees from having TikTok on their government phones, over national security concerns. This week, New Jersey and Ohio joined at least 20 other states in restricting access to TikTok, amid fears that the Chinese government could use the app...
Con motivo del reciente aniversario en honor de Martin Luther King, la Fundación Kellogg lanzó desde hace 7 años el Día Nacional de Sanación Racial. Confieso que no estaba familiarizado con el término, pero tuve oportunidad de participar en algunas de las actividades relacionadas con los eventos de la actual...
Congressman Kevin McCarthy from Bakersfield announced in his first address as U.S. House Speaker that he wants to combat what he describes as “woke indoctrination” in public schools. But a new poll shows very few voters consider that to be an urgent priority. A survey commissioned by the American Federation of...
Alexei Koseff CalMatters California will delay some spending commitments, reverse recent steps to shore up its fiscal health and shift funding sources to limit the cuts it must make to close a projected $22.5 billion budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom said last week. The shortfall, slightly less than the $24...
Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
Starting in April, an estimated 2-3 million people could be dropped from Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for low-income people. For three years during COVID, terminations were halted, but Congress recently voted to de-link the program from the Public Health Emergency. So California will have 14 months to re-evaluate eligibility for...