May 10 California governor aims to slash 10,000 vacant state jobs to help close $27.6 billion deficit By Adam Beam, Associated Press California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state's budget deficit is $27.6 billion. The figure Newsom announced Friday is smaller than the deficit he anticipated in January. Continue reading
May 09 California to tap generative AI tools to increase services access, reduce traffic jams By Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press California could soon deploy generative artificial intelligence tools to help reduce traffic jams, make roads safer and provide tax guidance, among other things. Continue reading
May 09 Labor union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business By Amy Taxin, Associated Press A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and United Farm Workers over how a group of workers organized under a recently-enacted labor law. Continue reading
May 06 California reports the first increase in groundwater supplies in 4 years By Associated Press Much of the state's population counts on groundwater for drinking water in their homes, and farmers that grow much of the country's food rely on the precious resource for crops. Continue reading
Apr 29 California is joining with a New Jersey company to buy a generic opioid overdose reversal drug By Adam Beam, Associated Press California is partnering with a New Jersey-based pharmaceutical company to purchase a generic version of Narcan, the most well-known version of naloxone that can save a person's life during an opioid overdose. Continue reading
Apr 20 California Gov. Newsom offers compromise to protect some indoor workers from heat By Samantha Young, KFF Health News After rejecting proposed rules to protect millions of indoor workers from extreme heat, Newsom’s administration has offered a compromise to allow the protections to take effect this summer. But state and local correctional workers — and prisoners — would have… Continue reading
Apr 19 California court to weigh in on fight over transgender ballot measure proposal language By Sophie Austin, Associated Press/Report for America Proponents of the measure say Attorney General Rob Bonta demonstrated bias in the language he released. They say this has hurt their ability to collect enough signatures to qualify the measure for the November ballot. Continue reading
Apr 15 California officials sue Huntington Beach over voter ID law passed at polls By Amy Taxin, Associated Press The state's Attorney General Rob Bonta said Monday that the measure is in conflict with state law and could suppress voter participation. Continue reading
Apr 15 Bureau of Prisons to close California women's prison where inmates have been subjected to sex abuse By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press The federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women's prison in California known as the "rape club" despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Continue reading
Apr 13 Heat protections for indoor California workers in limbo after Newsom abandons rules By Angela Hart, Samantha Young, KFF Health News California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has abandoned proposed protections for millions of California workers toiling in sweltering warehouses, steamy kitchens, and other dangerously hot workplaces — upending a regulatory process that had been years in the making. Continue reading