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LGBTQ advocates are turning their focus to encouraging words for young people who are gay, following passage of Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill. Dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics, it would limit what is taught about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, and ban it “in...
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SALEM, Ore. – Los defensores del “derecho a reparar” los dispositivos electrónicos dicen que un proyecto de ley en la Legislatura de Oregon podría ayudar a las familias durante la pandemia. El Proyecto de Ley 2698 de la Cámara de Representantes requeriría que los fabricantes de productos electrónicos proporcionen...
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SALEM, Ore. – Advocates for the “right to repair” electronics say a bill in the Oregon Legislature could help families during the pandemic. House Bill 2698 would require electronics manufacturers to provide independent providers with tools and manuals necessary to repair their devices. Many manufacturers say these tools are intellectual...
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SACRAMENTO, California – Los conductores de Uber y Lyft y sus aliados en el movimiento laboral están instando al gobernador Gavin Newsom a firmar un proyecto de ley, AB 5, aprobado el miércoles 11 de septiembre, que reclasifica a decenas de miles de trabajadores contratados como empleados. La medida...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Uber and Lyft drivers and their allies in the labor movement are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill – AB 5 – passed Wednesday September 11, that reclassifies tens of thousands of contract workers as employees. The measure could give the employees access to minimum wage...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The issue of equal pay for equal work is front and center in Congress this week as House Democrats reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. It comes 10 years after President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which modernized and improved...
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Suzanne Potter California Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A bill to restore net neutrality in California now goes to the full State Assembly after it passed a key committee on Wednesday unscathed. In June, the Communications and Conveyance Committee sparked an uproar when it eliminated some key protections, forcing lawmakers...
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Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR EO recommends that registered voters encourage their CA State Assembly elected representatives, both State Senators and Assembly members to vote YES to enact Senate Bill 10 Bail Bond Reform; Pretrial Release. As Section I documents, during 2016, 66% of County jail inmates were being detained...
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Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A new bill in the U.S. House would add to the Golden State’s protected wilderness and promote tourism. It also would authorize thinning forests to help prevent large forest fires. The Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act, introduced by...
LGBTQ advocates are turning their focus to encouraging words for young people who are gay, following passage of Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill. Dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics, it would limit what is taught about sexual orientation and gender identity in classrooms, and ban it “in...
SALEM, Ore. – Los defensores del “derecho a reparar” los dispositivos electrónicos dicen que un proyecto de ley en la Legislatura de Oregon podría ayudar a las familias durante la pandemia. El Proyecto de Ley 2698 de la Cámara de Representantes requeriría que los fabricantes de productos electrónicos proporcionen...
SALEM, Ore. – Advocates for the “right to repair” electronics say a bill in the Oregon Legislature could help families during the pandemic. House Bill 2698 would require electronics manufacturers to provide independent providers with tools and manuals necessary to repair their devices. Many manufacturers say these tools are intellectual...
SACRAMENTO, California – Los conductores de Uber y Lyft y sus aliados en el movimiento laboral están instando al gobernador Gavin Newsom a firmar un proyecto de ley, AB 5, aprobado el miércoles 11 de septiembre, que reclasifica a decenas de miles de trabajadores contratados como empleados. La medida...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Uber and Lyft drivers and their allies in the labor movement are urging Gov. Gavin Newsom to sign a bill – AB 5 – passed Wednesday September 11, that reclassifies tens of thousands of contract workers as employees. The measure could give the employees access to minimum wage...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – The issue of equal pay for equal work is front and center in Congress this week as House Democrats reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act. It comes 10 years after President Barack Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, which modernized and improved...
Suzanne Potter California Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A bill to restore net neutrality in California now goes to the full State Assembly after it passed a key committee on Wednesday unscathed. In June, the Communications and Conveyance Committee sparked an uproar when it eliminated some key protections, forcing lawmakers...
Hilbert Morales EL OBSERVADOR EO recommends that registered voters encourage their CA State Assembly elected representatives, both State Senators and Assembly members to vote YES to enact Senate Bill 10 Bail Bond Reform; Pretrial Release. As Section I documents, during 2016, 66% of County jail inmates were being detained...
Suzanne Potter California News Service SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A new bill in the U.S. House would add to the Golden State’s protected wilderness and promote tourism. It also would authorize thinning forests to help prevent large forest fires. The Northwest California Wilderness, Recreation, and Working Forests Act, introduced by...