• Consumers face more financial risks with CFPB closure

    Seven members of Oregon’s congressional delegation have signed a letter demanding protection for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to enable the federal agency to continue its work. The Department of Government Efficiency closed the bureau earlier this month. Jagjit Nagra, executive director of the group Oregon Consumer Justice, said...
  • Una sentencia judicial en California que restauró los derechos de los inmigrantes podría resultar contraproducente en 2025

    Dan Walters CalMatters California tiene la mayor población de inmigrantes indocumentados del país, con aproximadamente 1.8 millones de personas. En las últimas tres décadas, la actitud de los californianos al respecto ha experimentado un cambio sorprendente. La hostilidad alcanzó su punto máximo a principios de los años 90, como...
  • EarthTalk Q&A: Trump vs the environment part 2

    Roddy Scheer & Doug Moss EarthTalk Despite only being in office for a second term for a few weeks, Donald Trump has already begun rolling back climate initiatives and environmental regulations. Trump, who has previously called global warming a “hoax,” made bold decisions in his first term; notably, he...
  • February is Spay/Neuter Awareness Month

    Nine Lives Foundation To celebrate Spay/Neuter Awareness Month, in February we’re offering 20% off already low-cost spay/neuter services plus a free microchip for your cat. At Nine Lives Foundation, a 501(c)3 cat adoption center and low-cost cat clinic in Redwood City, we see thousands of homeless and at-risk cats...
  • ¿Siguen siendo los vuelos comerciales la forma más segura de viajar?

    A raíz de la reciente ola de accidentes aéreos, cuatro de ellos ocurridos en Estados Unidos desde que Donald Trump llegó a la Casa Blanca, es sensato preguntarse si los vuelos comerciales siguen siendo la forma más segura de viajar. Gracias a décadas de avances de ingeniería y regulaciones...
  • CA schools brace for harmful cuts to Medi-Cal

    Educators in California are speaking out against plans in Congress to cut hundreds of billions of dollars from Medicaid, known as Medi-Cal in the Golden State. Medi-Cal pays for health care for more than 37% of California’s children, and more than 51% of kids in LA Unified, the state’s largest...
  • Fewer California high school seniors are applying for financial aid. Some blame Trump’s immigration policies

    Mikhail Zinshteyn CalMatters Fewer California high school seniors are completing federal financial aid applications than in past years, which some analysts say is a sign that students may fear the Trump administration will use their sensitive data for immigration enforcement. The number of seniors completing the Free Application for...
  • Funding for small businesses — a big source of jobs — at risk under Trump

    Levi Sumagaysay CalMatters California’s small businesses — employers to more than half the state’s workforce — are staring down what some owners, experts and advocates say could be immense negative consequences from President Donald Trump’s slew of executive orders. Trump’s embattled federal funding freeze and anti-diversity push have seeded...
  • North Dakota looks to get tough on crypto scams

    FBI data show North Dakotans lost nearly $6 million to cryptocurrency scams in 2023 and a bill advancing in the Legislature would try to limit those losses by adding safeguards to a financial trend with little oversight. The measure, overwhelmingly approved by the House this week, would require operators of crypto...
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