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LAUSD’s $4.9 Billion Question

The district’s massive cash reserve could cover the demands of striking workers. There is a way, but is there the will?

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Crypto Mining at Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.

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‘We’re Doing Jobs it Should Take Three People to Do.’

LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.

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Banks Promote Climate Pledges But Keep Increasing Their Financing of Fossil Fuel Production

National day of protest will target JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo as new U.N. report warns of catastrophic climate impacts.

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California’s Drought Is Not Over

Following the power and the money for the stories deeper than atmospheric rivers.

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Despite Rules, New Mexico Oil and Gas Producers Keep Polluting

A tour of the Permian Basin highlights weak enforcement by state and federal agencies.

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Dragging California’s Child Care Crisis Into the Light

With parents forced to quit work to replace workers they can’t afford, the child care system is in full disarray.

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Health Officials Delayed Report Linking Fluoride to Brain Harm

Records show dental groups urged Department of Health and Human Services to alter report they believed threatened water fluoridation.

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Director Joslyn Lyons on Former NBA Star Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf’s Long, Strange Journey

The Showtime documentary 'Stand' chronicles the life and controversial career of the former Denver Nuggets guard.

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New Mexico Senate Committee Rushes Debate on Money Earmarked for Dead Bill

Lawmakers complain of last-second changes and a lack of transparency surrounding the reappropriation of $50 million in funding.

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In the Middle of a Mental Health Crisis Among Youth, Words Matter

To deal with huge health care disparities, some Californians focus first on a single concept: equity.

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Los Angeles Sheriff’s Second-In-Command Has Alleged Gang Tattoo

Undersheriff April Tardy says her ankle imprint shows allegiance to her former station. Deputies say it represents a deputy gang.

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California Considers Giving the Incarcerated a Right to Vote

It takes a constitutional amendment followed by a statewide vote to legalize balloting behind bars. Will it happen?

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Struggling to Build Solidarity Across Lines of Race, Class and Gender

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist travels to a factory in Indiana and discovers the working class.

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Food Workers Find Doors Barred on Day of Union Protest

On the day Flying Food Group employees in L.A. had planned to picket, they found exit doors wouldn't open.

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In a Largely Black and Latino Community, Neighbors Worry About the Oil Wells in Their Midst

Activists get a victory in their fight to protect South L.A. residents from a Catholic Archdiocese-owned oil drill site.

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New Mexico’s Latest Hydrogen Bill Dies While Oil and Gas Reform Act Advances

The Advanced Technology Energy Act was killed over the weekend following objections from tribal leaders.

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California Holds Its Breath as Supreme Court Weighs Student Loan Forgiveness

The economic future of millions of Californians hangs in the balance.

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The Dishonest Accounting of Net-Zero Emissions

Companies pledge to cut emissions caused by their production, while opposing measures to reduce emissions from the use of their products.

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FAA Must Move Faster to Remove Leaded Fuels From the Skies, Critics Say

Officials, health experts and community groups say the FAA can do more to phase out dangerous aviation gasoline.

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Texas Oil and Gas Producers Want Their Tax Break Back

An effort to resurrect Texas’ Chapter 313 tax abatement is underway in the Legislature.

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New Mexico’s Budget Battles Continue While a Hydrogen Development Bill (Likely) Appears

The Advanced Energy Technology Act clearly echoes last year’s quartet of failed hydrogen bills that promoted public-private partnerships.

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Report: Los Angeles Is Ignoring Thousands of Violations of Its Airbnb Law

The city moved to regulate short-term rentals in 2018, but researchers say it will not issue fines.

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‘I Was So Sad All the Time. I Was So Angry All the Time.’

A report from the front lines of California’s Black mental health crisis.

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In L.A., Unhoused People Say City Sweeps Leave Them Vulnerable to Hypothermia

Since January, the city has cleared nearly 600 encampments.

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