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Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Medical debt weighs heavily on the lives of millions of Californians. It can ding their credit scores and hurt their chances of landing a rental or securing a home mortgage. Earlier this year, the Biden administration announced a proposal to stop medical debt from showing...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters Mientras los legisladores ultiman un bono para instalaciones escolares para la votación de noviembre, algunos superintendentes de distritos pequeños y de bajos ingresos dicen que la propuesta les deja con una sensación muy familiar: falta de fondos y pasados por alto. “¿Estoy loco? Sí, estoy muy...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters As lawmakers finalize a school facilities bond for the November ballot, some superintendents from low-income and small districts say the proposal leaves them with an all-too-familiar feeling: underfunded and overlooked. “Am I mad? Yeah, I am very mad,” said Gudiel Crosthwaite, superintendent of Lynwood Unified, in...
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Los defensores de los niños están criticando una propuesta presupuestaria para recortar fondos para Head Start, el programa que ofrece educación preescolar gratuita para niños de familias de bajos ingresos. Es parte de la batalla presupuestaria en el Congreso, que debe aprobar un presupuesto o una resolución continua antes...
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Children’s advocates are slamming a budget proposal to slash funds for Head Start, the program providing free preschool for children in low-income families. It is part of the budget battle in Congress, which has to pass a budget or a continuing resolution by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. Melanee Cottrill,...
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Peter White Ethnic Media Services Con mil millones de usuarios en todo el mundo y 150 millones en los EE. UU., el gigante de las redes sociales de propiedad china TikTok enfrenta una posible prohibición aquí en medio de las crecientes preocupaciones sobre la privacidad de los datos y...
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Peter White Ethnic Media Services With a billion users worldwide and 150 million in the U.S., Chinese owned social media giant TikTok is facing a possible ban here amid growing concerns around data privacy and rising geopolitical tensions with Beijing. Opponents of the ban say it ignores wider data...
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Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
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The state Coastal Conservancy will vote next week on a strategic plan to guide how hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars get spent over the next five years. The future of California’s 1,100 coastline is at stake. Liliana Griego, senior coastal program manager with Audubon California, said funds should go...
Ana B. Ibarra CalMatters Medical debt weighs heavily on the lives of millions of Californians. It can ding their credit scores and hurt their chances of landing a rental or securing a home mortgage. Earlier this year, the Biden administration announced a proposal to stop medical debt from showing...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters Mientras los legisladores ultiman un bono para instalaciones escolares para la votación de noviembre, algunos superintendentes de distritos pequeños y de bajos ingresos dicen que la propuesta les deja con una sensación muy familiar: falta de fondos y pasados por alto. “¿Estoy loco? Sí, estoy muy...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters As lawmakers finalize a school facilities bond for the November ballot, some superintendents from low-income and small districts say the proposal leaves them with an all-too-familiar feeling: underfunded and overlooked. “Am I mad? Yeah, I am very mad,” said Gudiel Crosthwaite, superintendent of Lynwood Unified, in...
Los defensores de los niños están criticando una propuesta presupuestaria para recortar fondos para Head Start, el programa que ofrece educación preescolar gratuita para niños de familias de bajos ingresos. Es parte de la batalla presupuestaria en el Congreso, que debe aprobar un presupuesto o una resolución continua antes...
Children’s advocates are slamming a budget proposal to slash funds for Head Start, the program providing free preschool for children in low-income families. It is part of the budget battle in Congress, which has to pass a budget or a continuing resolution by Friday to avoid a government shutdown. Melanee Cottrill,...
Peter White Ethnic Media Services Con mil millones de usuarios en todo el mundo y 150 millones en los EE. UU., el gigante de las redes sociales de propiedad china TikTok enfrenta una posible prohibición aquí en medio de las crecientes preocupaciones sobre la privacidad de los datos y...
Peter White Ethnic Media Services With a billion users worldwide and 150 million in the U.S., Chinese owned social media giant TikTok is facing a possible ban here amid growing concerns around data privacy and rising geopolitical tensions with Beijing. Opponents of the ban say it ignores wider data...
Groups that fight hunger say they’re “deeply disappointed” in the new budget proposal released Tuesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Last year, the Legislature approved $40 million to expand food assistance to low-income people over age 55, regardless of immigration status. But now, the governor wants to delay it until 2027....
The state Coastal Conservancy will vote next week on a strategic plan to guide how hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars get spent over the next five years. The future of California’s 1,100 coastline is at stake. Liliana Griego, senior coastal program manager with Audubon California, said funds should go...