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CA Lawmakers Pass Landmark Bills to Atone for Racism, but Hold Off Funding

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist p...
Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, right, talks to members of Coalition for a Just and Equitable California about two reparations bills in the rotunda on the last day of the legislative year Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Tran Nguyen)

CA Lawmakers Pass Landmark Bills to Atone for Racism, but Hold Off Funding

SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers this week passed some of the nation’s most ambitious legislation aimed at atoning for a legacy of racist p...

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Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks at an event in anticipation of signing a bill on his proposed oil profit penalty plan in Sacramento on March 28, 2023. (CalMatters/ Miguel Gutierrez Jr.)

Will Gov. Newsom Call a Special Session to Deal With Gas Prices?

Update, 6:55 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 31: Gov. Gavin Newsom announced that he called a special legislative session on gas prices “to save ...

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How One Brazilian Judge Could Suspend Elon Musk’s X

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How Trump and Georgia’s Republican Governor Made Peace, Helped by Allies Anxious About the Election

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