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  • California sues Trump over new conditions on funding for crime victims

    Mikhail Zinshteyn and Cayla Mihalovich CalMatters Attorney General Rob Bonta on Monday August 18 filed California’s 39th lawsuit against the Trump administration, challenging new immigration enforcement requirements it placed on federal funding for crime victims. States were set to receive more than $1.2 billion in federal crime victim funding this year, with California...
  • Preparing Pre-Teens and Teens for the Classroom Includes Immunizations

    Young people ages 7 to 18 are busy checking off their back-to-school or college lists. Visiting their pediatrician or family doctor to get up to date on immunizations should be part of that list. Immunizations will prepare their immune systems to recognize and resist viruses that spread quickly once...
  • Proyecto de ley establecería salarios mínimos para los maestros de escuelas públicas de EE.UU.

    Un proyecto de ley presentado en el Senado de los Estados Unidos garantizaría a todos los maestros de escuelas públicas en el país un salario mínimo de al menos $60,000 dólares al año. La Ley de Pago a Maestros, patrocinada por el senador independiente Bernie Sanders, de Vermont, también triplicaría...
  • Bill would set minimum salaries for U.S. public school teachers

    A bill filed in the U.S. Senate would guarantee all public schoolteachers across the U.S. a minimum salary of at least $60,000 dollars a year. The Pay Teachers Act, sponsored by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., would also triple funding allocated to schools for children from low-income families to more than...
  • The GED Is a Second Chance for the Future

    Many of us grew up dreaming of a high school diploma, but life sometimes throws us off course. Maybe you had to work to help out at home, take care of your family, or faced other hardships like language barriers. And that high school diploma was left in the...
  • Get Back-to-School Ready With Free or Low-Cost Health Care for Your Kids

    It’s back to school time and there is so much for families to do to get ready for the school year ahead, from getting school supplies to signing up for after school programs. Making sure kids have health care needs covered should be a part of those preparations. Free...
  • Prepare for the Upcoming Medicaid Changes

    The healthcare landscape in the United States is undergoing seismic shifts, and few programs are feeling the impact as strongly as Medicaid. Medicaid is jointly funded by the federal government and states, and provides free or low-cost health coverage to people with limited incomes, including low-income families, pregnant women,...
  • California launched an AI chatbot for wildfires. It can’t answer one crucial question

    Malena Carollo CalMatters California government agencies are going all-in on generative artificial intelligence tools after Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2023 executive order to improve government efficiency with AI. One deployment recently touted by the governor is a chatbot from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the primary agency tasked with coordinating the state’s...
  • Midwest artists bring back love for hand painted signs

    “We are artists,” Alec Ozawa says, “but we don’t create art for ourselves.” He and his fiancée, Ash Stewack, make art for others: for businesses, passersby, and neighborhoods. And most of the time, you won’t even find their signature at the bottom right of the piece. The Chicago-based sign...
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