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May 2025
Trump’s Trade War Has Already Had Huge Effect on California Ports
California Lawmakers Reject Hundreds of Bills in Rapid-Fire Hearings
5 Creative Ways California Colleges Are Feeding Students Beyond Food Pantries
Fraud Pushes California’s Community Colleges to Consider an Application Fee. Is It Worth It?
US Senate Blocks California’s Electric Car Mandate in Historic Vote
Her Miscarriage Showed the Limits of California’s Abortion Protections. Where You Live Matters
Lawmakers Attack Governor’s Plan to Streamline Delta Tunnel
Congress Might Strip Californians of Protections Against AI in Health Care, Hiring, and Much More
Google’s $125 Million Deal With California for Local News Is Already Shrinking
Newsom Picks More Housing Over CEQA in Backing Two Bills Meant to Speed Construction
Trump Tariffs and Rising Health Care Costs Knock California Budget Back Into Deficit
Newsom Proposes to Freeze Medi-Cal Enrollment for Undocumented Immigrants
Caltrans’ Response to Homeless Encampments Is Lagging, Cities Complain
Newsom Wants Cities to Force Homeless Californians to Move Camp Every 3 Days
Why a Contentious Project to Raise California’s Shasta Dam Could Move Forward Under Trump
Head Start Gets a Reprieve From Trump Budget Cuts, but the Fight Isn’t Over
Many Californians Can’t Get Mental Health Help. Is It Too Hard to Become a Therapist?
California Regulator Weakens AI Rules, Giving Big Tech More Leeway to Track You
When Will Democratic Lawmakers Make California More Affordable? Later, Leaders Say
They Found Their Homeless Loved Ones After Years Apart. But That Was Just the Beginning.
April 2025
Unprecedented Vote Shows Dems Fractured Over Housing Policy
How Trump’s 100-Day Deluge of Executive Orders Put California on Defense in Court
The ‘Science of Reading’ Won’t Be Required in California Schools, at Least for Now
Bodega Bay Isn’t What It Used to Be. How an Ailing Industry Has Transformed This Fishing Village
Trump Cuts Millions in California Crime Prevention Grants: ‘This Was a Sledgehammer’
How the State Sent Californians’ Personal Health Data to LinkedIn
Biden Let California Get Creative With Medicaid Spending. Trump Is Signaling That May End
Lawmaker Seeks New Way to Outlaw Threats Against California Schools and Places of Worship
Abundance Meets Resistance: Are Democrats Finally Ready to Go All in on Building Housing?
Steeply Discounted Overdose-Reversal Medicine Now Available to Any Californian
A New Program Trains College Students for Jobs Helping Homeless Californians. Can It Survive?
Trump Is Dismantling the Education Department. How That Might Harm Special Education
Special Interests Poured More Than Half a Billion Into California Lobbying Last Year
Trump Policy Targeting Immigrants Shuts California Students Out of Federal Programs
How Labor Killed a Bill to Let California Wildfire Victims Sue Big Oil for Climate Change
More High Schoolers Are Taking College Classes — but No Surprise Which Students Benefit Most
Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down — Again. Will California’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?
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?
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