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California Cracked Down After a Crash Killed 13 Farmworkers. Why Are Workers Still Dying on the Road?

FIREBAUGH — Adorned with Mexican flags, a cluster of crosses in the dirt on the side of a two-lane highway is the only sign of lives lost. ...

California Cracked Down After a Crash Killed 13 Farmworkers. Why Are Workers Still Dying on the Road?

FIREBAUGH — Adorned with Mexican flags, a cluster of crosses in the dirt on the side of a two-lane highway is the only sign of lives lost. ...

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How California’s New Fixed Utility Charge Got Its Sneaky Start in the Legislature

I received and paid my monthly electric bill from the Sacramento Municipal Utility District the other day. Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion ...

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Gig Companies Spent $200M to Write a Labor Law. State Supreme Court Could Throw It Out.

The California Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Tuesday in a case that could change the fate of more than 1 million gig workers i...

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Sustainable Farms Need to Come Together, Not Cast Blame Over California Methane Program

Re: “How California’s prized solution for methane gas is backfiring on farmers“ Simon Vander Woude Special to CalMatters Opinion I am a f...

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California Passed a Law to Stop ‘Pay to Play’ in Local Politics. After Two Years, Legislators Want to Gut It

Described by its author as the “most significant political reform” in decades, a 2022 law designed to limit businesses’ and contractors’ att...

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Will California Supreme Court Knock Anti-Tax Measure Off the November Ballot?

When California’s voters 46 years ago passed Proposition 13, its iconic property tax limit, they ignited a perpetual conflict over how much ...

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Politicians Keep Shifting Blame as California’s Homelessness Crisis Worsens

Over the last half-decade, state government has spent about $24 billion to ameliorate California’s worst-in-the-nation homelessness crisis. ...

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California Schools Can’t Keep Pace with Utility Bills. Lawmakers Must Fix New Solar Rules.

Serving as a school board president requires a deep dedication to ensuring districts have the resources needed to provide every student with...

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CA Restaurants Shouldn’t Be Shocked That ‘Junk Fees’ Ban Applies to Them

Last Friday, a friend and I met at a chain restaurant in Sacramento for our customary weekly lunch. Both of us ordered $16 plates of Mexican...

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CA Limits How Police Respond to Protests. Why Were Bean Bag Shotguns Used at UCLA?

The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA last week became the latest campus tinderbox to erupt. As the police response unfurled before our eye...

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California Cracked Down After a Crash Killed 13 Farmworkers. Why Are Workers Still Dying on the Road?

California Cracked Down After a Crash Killed 13 Farmworkers. Why Are Workers Still Dying on the Road?

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How California’s New Fixed Utility Charge Got Its Sneaky Start in the Legislature

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California Passed a Law to Stop ‘Pay to Play’ in Local Politics. After Two Years, Legislators Want to Gut It

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Opinion: How Urban Renewal Ruined Everything

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Alabama Mercedes Employees Overwhelmingly Vote Against Joining Union, Slowing UAW Effort in South

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