California adds college financial aid options
California changes rules to make it easier for community college students without a high school diploma to get financial aid.
‘Democracy at its best’: How VotingMatters creates space for civil dialogue
When we designed our VotingMatters series this year, our goal was to bring communities together in cozy venues, creating safe spaces where people could speak their minds about what mattered to them.
What you need to know about California’s ballot propositions
Voters will decide 10 California propositions on the November ballot, on issues including crime, health care and rent control.
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Carbon capture projects pay billions to polluters but aren’t worth much to Californians
California should protect Kern County families and save preserve taxpayer money and public health by denouncing the carbon capture farce.
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‘I would have been a great mom’: California finally pays reparations to woman it sterilized
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Los legisladores de California podrían invalidar casi todos los vetos de Newsom. ¿Por qué no lo hacen?
Alrededor del 90% de los proyectos de ley que Newsom bloqueó este año fueron aprobados con el apoyo de más de dos tercios de ...
California collects millions in stolen wages, but can’t find many workers to pay them
The state Labor Commissioner often struggles to get back pay to all workers when it collects millions in wage theft ...
California recauda millones de dólares en salarios robados pero tiene dificultades encontrando a los trabajadores estafados
El Comisionado Laboral de California tiene dificultades para regresar salarios a los trabajadores estafados. El dinero sigue ...
Newsom quiere revisar la ley de autos defectuosos que acaba de firmar. ¿Perjudicará a los compradores?
Newsom firmó a regañadientes un proyecto de ley para reformar la ley de vehículos defectuosos, a pesar de decir que tiene ...
How Meta brings in millions off political violence
Ads connected to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and Israel’s war in Gaza brought Facebook millions.
Laphonza Butler wants you to know she’s your U.S. senator
In her final months in office, Sen. Laphonza Butler marked her one-year work anniversary with updates of what she’s done for ...
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Colin Lecher
Colin Lecher is a reporter based in New York. His work on technology and society has received honors from the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Deadline Club, the Radio Television Digital ...