The threat to Roe vs. Wade enables Gov. Gavin Newsom to pivot to a familiar campaign strategy: focusing on what’s perceived as a conservative threat.
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1% for Good: local company’s quest to make a difference celebrates ten-year anniversary
Sen. Laphonza Butler announced she won’t run for a full term in 2024. Her entry would’ve shaken up an already volatile…
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California legislative leaders craft plan to provide refunds for cost of gas, goods
Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Lakewood) and Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) would limit eligibility for the refunds to joint filers with income of up to $250,000.
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Facing reelection, Newsom touts the ‘California way’ and teases gas tax rebate
Gov. Gavin Newsom said little about his vision for the final year of his first term in his State of the State address. Instead, he chose to emphasize climate change policies, COVID-19 response and California’s prospering economy, a preview of the case he’ll make to voters in his campaign for a second term.
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California voters lean toward legalizing sports betting in new poll
A poll by UC Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies and co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times finds 45% of California voters would back an effort to legalize sports betting.
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New COVID-19 sick pay for California workers approved by lawmakers
The policy allows workers at businesses of 26 or more employees to take paid time off to recover from COVID-19, care for a family member, or get a vaccine.
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COVID-19 sick pay in California would return under deal between Newsom, lawmakers
California officials hope the return of state-mandated COVID-19 sick pay will encourage infected workers at businesses employing 26 or more employees to stay home and help slow transmission.
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California created the nation’s first state reparations task force. Now comes the hard part
The panel has a monumental challenge: crafting a historic reparations proposal that earns the support of Black Californians and a majority of California lawmakers.
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Newsom returns to public eye after sudden absence sparks social media speculation
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s attendance at a Monterey event on Tuesday was his first appearance in public since Oct. 27 and came after he abruptly canceled his trip to the world climate summit in Scotland last week.
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Newsom abruptly cancels plans to attend U.N. climate change summit
Gov. Gavin Newsom had been preparing to go to Scotland for weeks, saying California exemplifies a state fighting global warming while still thriving economically.