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April 2025
License to Kill: A CalMatters Special Investigation
Trump Targets California Climate Laws in New Executive Order
California’s Big Pension Funds Lost Billions in Stock Market Selloff. Can They Recover in Time?
Can California Vets Claw Back Another Cat Declawing Ban? Lawmakers Are Trying
Canadians Pull Back on Travel to California Because of Trump: ‘I Will Miss the Desert’
Fight Over Phonics: Will California Require the ‘Science of Reading’ in K-12 Schools?
Rural California, Reliant on the Trump Administration for Jobs, Braces for Cuts
A ‘Missed Opportunity’: Does Newsom’s Plan to Get Californians Into Better Jobs Do Enough?
Xavier Becerra Jumps Into Crowded Race for California Governor
Democracy in the Dark: How California Lawmakers Are Trying to Shield Themselves From Public View
March 2025
No Need to Apply: Cal State Is Automatically Admitting Some High School Students With Good Grades
Trump Clawed Back Billions in Federal Health Grants. Here’s How Much California Is Losing
Will This Bill Be the End of California’s Housing vs Environment Wars?
California Food Banks Brace for Funding Cuts, and Not Only From the Trump Administration
Applying for CalFresh Food Aid Is Complicated. California Colleges Are Trying to Make It Easier
Rural California Schools and Roads Lose Millions in Federal Funding After Latest Cuts
California Considers More Homeless Shelter Oversight After CalMatters Investigation
Parents Can’t Figure Out How California Schools Are Doing. Newsom’s Plan to Fix That Stalls
Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-curious Podcast Mystifies Listeners — and Sets Democratic Lawmakers on Edge
Students Call on California Colleges to Protect Campuses From Immigration Enforcement
California’s Medi-Cal Shortfall Hits $6.2 Billion With ‘Unprecedented’ Cost Increases
California Republicans Say They’re Making a Comeback. Can They Keep Trump at Arms Length?
State Farm Can Hike Rates on California Homeowners — if It Pauses Cancellations and Proves Need
California, Other States Sue to Halt Massive Layoffs at U.S. Department of Education
California Has 30 New Proposals to Rein in AI. Trump Could Complicate Them
They Live in California’s Republican Districts. They Feel Betrayed by Looming Health Care Cuts
California Lawmakers Propose Fixes for ‘Insurance Industry in Shambles’
Katie Porter Vows to Stand Up to Trump as She Enters Race for California Governor
Bipartisanship Is Rare in the California Legislature. Here Are the Bills Breaking the Divide
As LA County Sues Edison Over Deadly Fire, Is the State’s Wildfire Fund in Jeopardy?
California Is Spending Billions on Mental Health Housing. Will It Reach Those Most in Need?
First-Of-Its Kind Court Order Halts Sweep of California Homeless Camp
‘Too Damn Hard to Build’: A Key California Democrat’s Push for Speedier Construction
California’s Fast Food Council After One Year: A Few Meetings, Three Staff Members Hired
February 2025
Californians Approved $1.5 Billion for Wildfire Prevention. How Will the State Spend It?
California Democrats Grow Quieter on ‘Sanctuary’ for Immigrants as Trump Promises Mass Deportation
Advice to California Schools on Trump’s DEI Crackdown: Do Nothing — Yet
Even in Wet Years, Wells Are Still Dry. Why Replenishing California’s Groundwater Is Painfully Slow
California’s Controversial New Fuel Rules Rejected by State Legal Office
California Lawmakers Scramble to Fix ‘Lemon’ Vehicle Law — Again
Funding for Small Businesses — a Big Source Of Jobs — at Risk Under Trump
How Trump’s Drastic K-12 Plans Will — and Won’t — Change California Schools
Should Builders Permit Their Own Projects? Post-Fire LA Considers a Radical Idea
California City Makes ‘Aiding’ or ‘Abetting’ a Homeless Camp Illegal
California Court Rules Against Baker in Revival of Same-Sex Wedding Cake Disputes
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