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The 2026 tax season has officially begun. Millions of taxpayers are preparing to file their federal income tax returns for the 2025 tax year. Paying taxes is important for many reasons. Taxes fund essential public services: roads, bridges, schools, public hospitals, firefighters, police, transportation, health programs, and social assistance....
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Wendy Fry CalMatters Los senadores demócratas estadounidenses Alex Padilla y Adam Schiff realizaron el martes 21 de enero una visita de supervisión al centro de detención de inmigrantes más nuevo y más grande del estado, ubicado en California City , a unas 100 millas al norte de Los Ángeles. En declaraciones...
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Wendy Fry CalMatters Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff this week conducted an oversight visit at the state’s newest and largest immigrant detention center, located in California City, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. In remarks to reporters, both highlighted what they described as inadequate medical care...
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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters El gobernador Gavin Newsom abrió el 2025 con un pronóstico optimista : impulsado por $17 mil millones más en ingresos de lo planeado previamente, el estado tendría un modesto superávit de $363 millones para el año fiscal 2025-26, dijo a los periodistas en enero. Pero la vida...
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Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom opened this year with a rosy forecast: Buoyed by $17 billion more in revenue than previously planned, the state would have a modest surplus of $363 million for fiscal year 2025-26, he told reporters in January. But life turns on a dime. The...
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In a region known for its tumultuous change, one idea remained remarkably consistent for centuries: Latin America is Catholic. The region’s 500-year transformation into a Catholic stronghold seemed capped in 2013, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the first Latin American pope. Once a missionary outpost, Latin...
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Within the first notes of many classic Christmas songs, we’re transported directly to the festive season. Why is it that it’s these particular pieces of music that get us thinking of the holidays? In his book Music’s Meanings, the popular music researcher Philip Tagg explores the ways in which we...
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Following the tragic and unjustifiable attack on two young National Guard members in Washington by an immigrant from Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has elevated the concept of “reverse migration” as a central principle of his administration’s policy. On social media, the president announced immediate immigration measures such as “permanently...
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Carolyn Jones CalMatters This fall, every high school in California was supposed to offer ethnic studies — a one-semester class focused on the struggles and triumphs of marginalized communities. But the class appears stalled, at least for now, after the state budget omitted funding for it and the increasingly...
The 2026 tax season has officially begun. Millions of taxpayers are preparing to file their federal income tax returns for the 2025 tax year. Paying taxes is important for many reasons. Taxes fund essential public services: roads, bridges, schools, public hospitals, firefighters, police, transportation, health programs, and social assistance....
Wendy Fry CalMatters Los senadores demócratas estadounidenses Alex Padilla y Adam Schiff realizaron el martes 21 de enero una visita de supervisión al centro de detención de inmigrantes más nuevo y más grande del estado, ubicado en California City , a unas 100 millas al norte de Los Ángeles. En declaraciones...
Wendy Fry CalMatters Democratic U.S. Sens. Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff this week conducted an oversight visit at the state’s newest and largest immigrant detention center, located in California City, about 100 miles north of Los Angeles. In remarks to reporters, both highlighted what they described as inadequate medical care...
Yue Stella Yu CalMatters El gobernador Gavin Newsom abrió el 2025 con un pronóstico optimista : impulsado por $17 mil millones más en ingresos de lo planeado previamente, el estado tendría un modesto superávit de $363 millones para el año fiscal 2025-26, dijo a los periodistas en enero. Pero la vida...
Yue Stella Yu CalMatters Gov. Gavin Newsom opened this year with a rosy forecast: Buoyed by $17 billion more in revenue than previously planned, the state would have a modest surplus of $363 million for fiscal year 2025-26, he told reporters in January. But life turns on a dime. The...
In a region known for its tumultuous change, one idea remained remarkably consistent for centuries: Latin America is Catholic. The region’s 500-year transformation into a Catholic stronghold seemed capped in 2013, when Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was elected as the first Latin American pope. Once a missionary outpost, Latin...
Within the first notes of many classic Christmas songs, we’re transported directly to the festive season. Why is it that it’s these particular pieces of music that get us thinking of the holidays? In his book Music’s Meanings, the popular music researcher Philip Tagg explores the ways in which we...
Following the tragic and unjustifiable attack on two young National Guard members in Washington by an immigrant from Afghanistan, President Donald Trump has elevated the concept of “reverse migration” as a central principle of his administration’s policy. On social media, the president announced immediate immigration measures such as “permanently...
Carolyn Jones CalMatters This fall, every high school in California was supposed to offer ethnic studies — a one-semester class focused on the struggles and triumphs of marginalized communities. But the class appears stalled, at least for now, after the state budget omitted funding for it and the increasingly...