In a surprising twist, California’s controversial new fuel standard — a key part of its effort to replace fossil fuels — has been rejected by the state agency that...
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From private school vouchers to threats over “woke” curriculum, the Trump administration has launched a slew of reforms intended to reshape K-12...
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CalMatters: California Regulator Shoots Down State Farm’s Big Homeowner Rate Hike
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday rejected State Farm’s request for “emergency” rate increases, setting up what could be a highly...
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CalMatters: Fact Check, Did Gavin Newsom Really Help Create 625,000 New Job Opportunities in California?
As a gubernatorial candidate in 2018, Gov. Gavin Newsom made a pledge to create 500,000 new apprenticeships in the decade after taking...
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CalMatters: Newsom Committed to California to Making its Own Insulin. It’s at Least a Year Behind Schedule
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s ambitious plan to produce a cheap, generic insulin for the 3.2 million Californians with diabetes is behind the schedule...
As part of what it described as an ongoing investigation, the California attorney general’s office has sought answers from OpenAI about its...
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CalMatters: LA Fires Could Drastically Drive Up Insurance Premiums – And Test California’s New Market Rules
The deadly and destructive fires in Los Angeles — which some say could be the costliest in the state’s history — will...
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CalMatters: Five Things to Watch as California’s Legislature Returns to the Capitol in 2025
With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento today to kick off a new session in...
Californians who try to withdraw money but don’t have enough in their bank accounts won’t fall deeper into a financial hole from...
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CalMatters: California Banned Bilingual Education for Almost 20 Years and Still Hasn’t Recovered
In 1953, Bárbara Flores entered kindergarten at Washington Elementary School in Madera, California, a small city in the Central Valley surrounded by...