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Los partidarios de las artes se reunieron el miércoles en Sacramento para el Día de Defensa de las Artes con el fin de presionar a los legisladores sobre una variedad de temas. Los educadores están llamando la atención sobre los problemas con la implementación de la Proposición 28, que...
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April 22 was Earth Day, and more than 50 elected officials have signed a letter this week urging lawmakers to make oil and gas companies bear the cost of climate change. The California Polluters Pay Superfund, which went before the state Senate Judiciary Committee on April 22, would assess...
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A Florida bill that would roll back child labor restrictions cleared a Senate panel this week, sparking debate over whether it empowers families or risks pushing vulnerable teens out of school. The proposal, which would allow 16 and 17 year-olds to work longer hours on school nights and in...
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Malena Carollo CalMatters Entender la sopa de letras de los cargos que figuran en una factura eléctrica mensual es un desafío de por sí. Pero hay un costo sorprendente incluido en las facturas de los clientes que no tienen su propia partida. Una parte de cada pago va directamente...
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Malena Carollo CalMatters Making sense of the alphabet soup of charges on a monthly power bill is challenge enough. But there’s a surprising cost baked into customers’ bills that doesn’t have its own line item. A portion of each payment goes directly in the pockets of shareholders. Called a...
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According to experts in the field, the system of developing new antibiotics is broken and doctors are running out of ways to treat deadly infections. Lawmakers have proposed the PASTEUR Act to fix the pipeline. New antibiotics are critical but they must be used sparingly, which means private drug companies cannot...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service With the election six weeks away – concern is building about attempts to intimidate voters at the polls – so lawmakers are taking action at the state and federal levels. On Tuesday September 24, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the PEACE Act, which makes California the...
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Groups fighting for safer roads are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill requiring new vehicles to have a speed-monitoring system to warn drivers when they go more than 10 miles per hour over the speed limit. Senate Bill 961 has already passed both houses of the state Legislature....
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Indigenous leaders are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill that would allow federally recognized tribes to sign agreements with the state to co-manage and co-govern ancestral lands and waters. Assembly Bill 1284 unanimously passed both houses of the state Legislature this week. Scott Sullivan is vice chairman of...