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A Wildly Ambitious New Bill Would Raise the Minimum Wage for Hundreds of Thousands in California

How to help health care workers live where they are employed.

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Building Back Bigger

The Biden administration has embarked on the most expansive government investment since the Great Society, with ambitious goals for economic and social equity.

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California’s Methane Climate Solution Rewards Dairy Gas. Other States Take a Harder Line.

Incentives for cow manure methane prop up gas infrastructure — can California do better?

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‘We Can’t Be Living in an Economy of 40 Million People This Close to the Edge.’

Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.

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Wood Street Commons’ Final Stand

Oakland is clearing out what was once the city’s largest unhoused community.

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In the Folds of a Major Gun Control Law, Mental Health Hope for California Youth

Can California make the most of a rare health care win?

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How a California Dairy Methane Project Threatens Residents’ Air and Water

Low-income communities of color bear the pollution burden of California’s incentive-based dairy gas climate plan.

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Teenagers Go to Court to Force Climate Action

Lawsuits in Montana and Hawaii shine light on how climate chaos threatens their adult lives.

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Bill Limiting Oil Drilling Without Landowners’ Consent Faces Headwinds at Colorado Legislature

Effort to tighten rules on so-called forced pooling shows difficulty of reforms.

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With a New Pennsylvania Governor, Lawmakers Push to Move Drilling Sites From Communities

Proposed legislation would prohibit new fracking wells within 2,500 feet of an existing building or water well.

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Black Californians Most at Risk from Oil and Gas Drilling

Black, Latino and low income residents have disproportionately high exposure to oil and gas wells, new research shows.

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Unfinished Mental Health Business For Governor Newsom

While it ponders ambitious new laws to improve mental health, California could strengthen what’s already on the books.

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Disability Denied: Unable to Work, COVID Long Haulers Face Barriers to Benefits

The long COVID crisis exposes a disability claims system in disarray.

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Held Down by Our Bootstraps

Author Alissa Quart says the myth of American individualism is a poor excuse for inequality.

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Working Sick: Americans With Long COVID Struggle to Make a Living

Paid sick leave for COVID dwindles, impacting the most vulnerable employees.

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Something to Chew Over While You Order Your Next Boba Tea

We hate to break your bubble, but here’s the sweet, sticky truth about a popular Asian drink.

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California Climate Groups Feel Burned After Backing Big Oil Windfall Bill

Gov. Newsom reneged on pledge to wind down fossil fuel refineries.

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Thousands of Foster Youth Struggle to Keep a Roof Over Their Heads. Will California Help?

A state bill aims to extend foster care housing support for those who need it most.

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The World Will Miss the Climate Change Target. Time to Prepare.

United Nations panel shows climate change is outrunning emissions goals. Our only option is to adapt.

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In Blue Colorado, Oil and Gas Companies Try a New Approach to Woo Democrats

Up against a heavily Democratic Legislature, fossil fuel firms funnel cash to politicos they’ve previously ignored to win precious votes.

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Howard Schultz Hearing on Starbucks Anti-Union Activity Highlights Corporate Payments to Union-Busting Consultants

U.S. companies spend an estimated $433 million per year on union avoidance consultants, new report finds.

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Working Full Time and Functionally Broke

Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide.

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New Mexico Legislature Fails IPCC Test

Record-shattering budget from oil and gas fuels a spending spree on everything except regulating oil and gas.

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Teachers Union Head Says Critical Race Theory Bans Are a Front for School Privatization

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools.

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Capital & Main Reporting Leads to Fines for Oil and Gas Polluters

Changes at the New Mexico Environment Department could increase future prosecutions.

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