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Adam Echelman CalMatters Federal financial aid is the engine of the country’s higher education system, pouring billions in student loans and grants into California alone, and this summer, the U.S. Department of Education plans to expand aid for students enrolled in short-term job training programs. Except the state isn’t...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters If the goal was to confuse everyone, the mission was accomplished. Just before Memorial Day, the Trump administration issued a sweeping new policy directive that took aim at legal immigration. It would have required most temporary visa holders and humanitarian parolees living in the U.S. to return to...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media En un período caracterizado por el aumento vertiginoso de los precios de los alimentos, más de 3 millones de personas han perdido el acceso al Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP) en los últimos 10 meses. Se prevé que otro millón de personas...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media During a period marked by soaring food prices, more than 3 million people have lost access to the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP — over the past 10 months. An additional 1 million more are expected to lose the critical food safety...
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Dan Walters CalMatters Two weeks from now we’ll probably know which of the 61 candidates for governor have finished 1-2 in the primary election and will face each other in November for the dubious honor of governing a state that may be ungovernable. The weasel adverb “probably” is warranted...
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The new USCIS memorandum on adjustment of status marks a significant shift in how thousands of immigrants could obtain legal permanent residency in the United States. The agency maintains that “adjustment of status”—the process that allows applicants to apply for a green card without leaving the country—is a discretionary...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Bienvenidos a la Ciudad del Hockey, EE. UU. El martes 19 de mayo se celebró en el SAP Center de San José una rueda de prensa para dar la bienvenida al nuevo equipo de expansión de la Liga Profesional de Hockey Femenino (PWHL), que comenzará...
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Arturo Hilario El Observador Welcome to Hockey City, USA. On Tuesday May 19 at the SAP Center in San Jose a press conference was held to welcome the newest expansion team of the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL), which is set to start its inaugural season this fall in...
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Alejandra Reyes-Velarde CalMatters California acaba de dar a los productores de plástico hasta 2032 para que todos sus envases sean reciclables o compostables, el plazo más ambicioso del país. Los defensores de esta medida afirman que no es suficiente. Por su parte, los productores -definidos por un criterio preciso...