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2020 Democratic Candidates Pledge Support to LGBTQ Community

October 11, 2019

LOS ANGELES — Addressing an LGBTQ community fearful that their gains in equality are slipping, Democratic presidential candidates on Thursday promised an aggressive agenda to end workplace discrimination, improve health care and ensure protections for people w...

Photo of supporters during a rally in Sacramento

California Senate Approves Bill Regulating Gig Economy

AP News

September 11, 2019

SACRAMENTO — The California Senate has passed a bill that would give new wage and benefit protections to workers at so-called gig economy companies like Uber and Lyft. While its impact on gig economy compani...

New Tool Will Stop Ads from Following You on Facebook

AP News

August 20, 2019

SAN FRANCISCO — Soon, you could get fewer familiar ads following you around the internet — or at least on Facebook. Facebook is launching a long-promised tool that lets you block the social network from gath...

Composite photo of water coming out of an irrigation pipe, SB 1, and job killer logot

‘Job Killer’ Bill Nears Final Vote. Who Supports, Who’s Opposed.

gvwire

July 12, 2019

The California Chamber of Commerce calls it a "job killer" bill. State water and agriculture interests have lined up solidly against it. Still, Senate Bill 1 is moving through the California Legislature despite concerns that it threatens water supplies and wil...

SB 1: Insurance Policy Against Trump Rollbacks or Job Killer?

David Taub

June 21, 2019

The state Legislature wants to hedge its bets against the Trump administration rolling back environmental and labor laws. Called an “insurance policy against the exploitation of our natural resources and our...

Legislature Must Act to Protect Environment From Trump’s Assaults

CalMatters

June 19, 2019

California is facing an unprecedented and reckless assault by the federal government on our water quality, air quality, worker safety, fish and wildlife, and public lands. by Terry Tamminen Special ...

House Set to Approve Sweeping Bill to Expand Gay Rights

AP News

May 17, 2019

WASHINGTON — Democrats in the House approved sweeping anti-discrimination legislation Friday that would extend civil rights protections to LGBT people by prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity. The protections would extend to...

Hunted for Meat, Giraffes May Join Threatened Species List

AP News

April 25, 2019

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration took a first step Thursday toward extending protections for giraffes under the Endangered Species Act, following legal pressure from environmental groups. The group, whi...

Grizzlies Get Back US Protections, Rockies Hunts Blocked

AP News

September 25, 2018

BILLINGS, Mont. — The first public grizzly bear hunts in the Northern Rockies in almost three decades have been blocked by a U.S. judge who rejected government claims that the fearsome predators had recovered f...

Trump Wants To Amend Endangered Species Act

Bill McEwen

July 19, 2018

DENVER — The Trump administration on Thursday proposed ending automatic protections for threatened animal and plant species and limiting habitat safeguards that are meant to shield recovering species from harm. Administration officials said the new rules wo...

Taliban Send High-Level Delegation to Islamabad

Newsom Calls for Attorney General Probe of California’s High Gas Prices

California Independents Can Vote in Democrats’ 2020 Primary

New Restaurants Show Meat-Free Mexican Is Not a Carne Sin

Efforts to Minimize Opioid Painkillers After Surgery Appear to Be Working

21st District House Money: a Look at Cox vs. Valadao

California Families Are Hungry While a Third of Crops Rot in Fields

Bond Measures Could Raise Megabucks for Schools — and Taxes

Cougar Goes Inside California House, Lies Down in Bathroom

New Restaurants Show Meat-Free Mexican Is Not a Carne Sin

T-Pain Concert, Other Events Pack Fresno State Homecoming Week

Brooks & Dunn, Ray Stevens Join Country Music Hall of Fame

How Much Could PG&E’s Rates Rise? What You Need to Know.

Walters: Banning Not Just a City’s Name

Opinion: Valley Should Not Be Held Captive to PG&E Failures

Gideon Levy: ‘The Two-State Solution has Left the Station’

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Trump Explains His Pillars of Policy Home and Abroad

Muslim Youth Have a Place to Call Their Own at My Deen

NW Fresno Council Candidates Clash Over Police, Homeless

Vow to Ban Assault Weapons Gives O’Rourke Debate Breakout

California Independents Can Vote in Democrats’ 2020 Primary

21st District House Money: a Look at Cox vs. Valadao

With Warren’s Rise, Biden Faces Dems’ Anxiety About 2020 Bid

2020 Democratic Candidates Pledge Support to LGBTQ Community

California Senate Approves Bill Regulating Gig Economy

‘Job Killer’ Bill Nears Final Vote. Who Supports, Who’s Opposed.

SB 1: Insurance Policy Against Trump Rollbacks or Job Killer?

Legislature Must Act to Protect Environment From Trump’s Assaults

House Set to Approve Sweeping Bill to Expand Gay Rights

Hunted for Meat, Giraffes May Join Threatened Species List

Grizzlies Get Back US Protections, Rockies Hunts Blocked

Trump Wants To Amend Endangered Species Act

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