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Trump Killed a Tax Break Popular in CA. Now He Agrees with Pelosi and Wants to Restore It

More often than not, the two major political parties directly oppose each other on major issues, which explains why those issues tend to lin...
Workers sort income tax returns at the Franchise Tax Board in Sacramento on April 18, 2017. Some political leaders want to remove the $10,000 cap on how much local and state taxes people can deduct on federal tax returns. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Trump Killed a Tax Break Popular in CA. Now He Agrees with Pelosi and Wants to Restore It

More often than not, the two major political parties directly oppose each other on major issues, which explains why those issues tend to lin...

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Hitch in Higher Ed Master Plan: California’s Colleges Still Don’t Work Well Together

California’s Master Plan for Higher Education, adopted 64 years ago, envisioned that three systems — the University of California, Cal...

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Despite Newsom’s Opposition, Californians Back Measure to Crack Down on Crime

California voters will begin marking their mail-in ballots for the Nov. 5 election in just a few days and how they vote may reflect their so...

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Gov. Newsom’s Efforts to Lower Gas Prices Are a Farce

It’s time to blow the whistle on the farcical efforts of California’s politicians — especially Gov. Gavin Newsom — to reduce the...

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California’s Dysfunctional ‘Dashboard’ of School Ratings Gets a Well-Deserved Beatdown

Nine years ago, as the state Board of Education was working on a system to inform Californians about what was happening in schools, one of i...

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California Schools Face Twin Perils: Chronic Absenteeism and Declining Enrollment

California’s public schools have a numbers problem —and it’s not just that their students don’t score very highly in natio...

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California Has Spent Billions on Homelessness but Lacks Hard Data on Outcomes

California has allocated more than $20 billion to alleviate the state’s homelessness crisis since Gavin Newsom became governor in 2019...

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A Diminished, Unpopular Gavin Newsom Loses His Grip on California Politics

Gavin Newsom’s flirtation with national political status ended abruptly when Vice President Kamala Harris, often depicted as his rival...

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Photo of men holding up signs at a rally outside of City Hall in Oakland, Calif.

California’s Economic Recovery Lags Other States. This Is Why It’s So Sluggish.

California’s unemployment rate, 5.2% of its labor force in July, is no longer the nation’s highest after months of having that dubious disti...

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In Los Angeles County and San Francisco, Government Reform Is on the Ballot

In long-term impact, the most significant measure on California’s Nov. 5 ballot may be one that, if passed, would overhaul governance ...

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