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Nadia Lathan CalMatters Want to know who’s who in Republican politics? Look no further than the megadonors bankrolling California’s voter ID initiative. Illinois billionaire packing supply magnate Richard Uihlein, who has poured tens of millions of dollars into conservative causes, has contributed $17 million to the campaign for Proposition...
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La secretaria de Estado de California, Shirley N. Weber, instó a los votantes a votar por adelantado en las elecciones generales del 3 de noviembre, confirmando que el sistema de voto por correo del estado se mantiene sin cambios a pesar de las impugnaciones federales y rechazando las acusaciones...
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Ben Christopher CalMatters California voters will soon be asked whether they want to keep taxing the incomes of the rich. And they’ll be asked whether to start taxing the accumulated wealth of the even richer. Wait, there’s more. They’ll also get to weigh in on whether we should ban...
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Proposition 45, on the California ballot this November, would expedite environmental review for many housing, transportation, water and health projects by speeding up the review process overall. Many environmental and labor groups oppose the proposal, arguing it guts the California Environmental Quality Act. Kat Lockwood, CEO of the nonprofit...
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A Trump administration proposal to overhaul the 2030 census would exclude undocumented immigrants, eliminate race, ethnicity and sexual orientation questions and overhaul residency proof used to allocate congressional seats and federal funding. The Department of Commerce published the federal notice of proposed rulemaking for the decennial census Sept. 10,...
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The raid on the home of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is underscoring an Illinois lawmaker’s push to replace the Department of Homeland Security with a new agency she said would better protect the American people. Rep. Delia C. Ramirez, D-Ill., has formally introduced the Reimagining Safety Act. It would...
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Politics, Economics, and Law (PPEL), University of Richmond With Election Day 2026 just weeks away and control of Congress hanging in the balance, the results will almost certainly hinge on voter turnout, just as they did in 2024. Given that genuinely undecided voters are...
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Esta es la historia de un lector residente del Área de la Bahía, a quien llamaremos Frank. Él nos relató una vivencia bastante peculiar, la cual podría escucharse como algo fantástico o producto de una alucinación. Frank recuerda que cuando tenía alrededor de cinco años de edad, tuvo una...
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Kristen Hwang CalMatters Los opositores a la Proposición 40 tienen un mensaje para los votantes: No se dejen engañar. El impuesto a los multimillonarios es un “caballo de Troya” para nuevos impuestos a todos los californianos, proclaman los anuncios . Pero, ¿es cierto? La iniciativa incluye una cláusula que...