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Opinion: Weakening CEQA will threaten California’s environment and public health
The California Environmental Quality Act protects everybody. We must stop attempts by pro-developer lobbyists to chip away at ...
California showdown over Medicaid as GOP approves massive cuts
Health care advocates and labor unions are mobilizing against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with ...
House Republicans want to gut Medicaid. In California, that could cost them their seats
Healthcare advocates and labor unions are mobilizing against proposed cuts, pressuring swing-district Republicans with ...
Newsom OKs $2.8B to close California's Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
The move will ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including immigrants, who receive health care via the ...
Medi-Cal under threat: Who’s covered and what could be cut?
Federal law requires states to offer health insurance to many people with low incomes or disabilities. But some states, ...
California can protect kids’ mental health through social media labels | Opinion
AB 56 would require social media platforms to display clear warning labels about potentially harmful effects on youth mental ...
A California environmental law makes it ‘too damn hard’ to build. But do Democrats have the will to reform it?
The law is a favorite tool among the trade unions, which threaten developers with it to extract concessions. Any CEQA reform ...
Newsom signs $2.8B Medicaid bailout despite Republican attacks
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation to close a $2.8 billion Medicaid funding gap despite Republicans in his ...
Sales tax increases slam the middle class in California
The multitude of higher sales taxes imposed throughout California on April 1st were the result of local ballot measures on ...
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Medi-Cal under threat: Who’s covered and what could be cut?
Medi-Cal, California’s complex, $174.6 billion Medicaid program, provides health insurance for nearly 15 million residents with low incomes and disabilities. The state enrolls twice as many ...
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California OKs $2.8B to close Medicaid funding gap after expanding immigrant coverage
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation Monday to close a $2.8 billion budget gap in the state's Medicaid services and ensure coverage through June for 15 million people, including ...