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Over the coming year about 2.3 million Californians, a million of them children, are expected to lose Medi-Cal, which is health insurance coverage for low-income families – as the state redetermines all enrollees’ eligibility after the pandemic. In June alone, 225,000 people were disenrolled from the program, including 64,000...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services La semana pasada se registró la temperatura global más alta de la historia, según los Centros Nacionales de Predicción Medioambiental de Estados Unidos. Pero mientras el calor extremo azota a cada vez más regiones de Estados Unidos, en el condado de Imperial sigue siendo...
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Selen Ozturk Ethnic Media Services This past week saw the hottest global temperature ever recorded, according to the US National Centers for Environmental Prediction. But while extreme heat hits ever-new regions of the United States, in Imperial County it remains par for the course. The region, located on California’s...
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Nearly a year ago, during the annual meeting of UnidosUS – the largest Latino advocacy group – First Lady Jill Biden sparked controversy when she compared the uniqueness of Latinos to tacos. Although a timely apology from the White House dispelled the controversy, Biden’s disconnect with the Latino electorate...
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In 2022, the California Legislature passed nearly 1,200 bills — and nearly 1,000 became law with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. Many of the new laws are minor fixes to laws that legislators and the governor previously enacted. Others are rather narrow or specific to a certain industry. Still others will be phased...
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Ariel Gans & Sameea Kamal CalMatters Antes del día de las elecciones, los grupos de defensa predijeron, o al menos esperaban, que los votantes de California elegirían un número récord de mujeres y personas LGBTQ para la Legislatura. Con base en los resultados hasta el momento , parece que se hará...
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Ariel Gans & Sameea Kamal CalMatters Leading up to Election Day, advocacy groups were predicting — or at least hoping — that California voters would elect record numbers of women and LGBTQ people to the Legislature. Based on the results so far, it appears that history will be made —...
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Ben Christopher & Ariel Gans CalMatters On an already-hot Saturday morning in east Bakersfield, state Assembly candidate Leticia Perez stands at the front of the electrical workers’ local union hall, working a crowd of fellow Democrats ready to knock on doors and talk to voters. But the thrust of...
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La Administración Biden eliminó la semana pasada la política de la era Trump conocida como carga pública, que imponía un impuesto sobre el patrimonio a las personas que buscan obtener la residencia permanente en los Estados Unidos. La nueva norma entrará en vigor el 23 de diciembre. Ya se...