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California Hazardous Waste Rules Criticized as Years Late and ‘Polluter-Friendly’

Proposed hazardous waste oversight changes are years behind schedule and fail to account for a community’s health risks from pollution, environmental groups warn.

by Dan Ross


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The Real Stakes Behind California’s Billionaire Tax Fight: Health Care Access

By Mark Kreidler

A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system.

While Pentagon Spends Billions on War, Military Families Say They’re Getting Short-Changed

By Marcus Baram

Spouses of deployed military say they’re struggling with the costs of child care, groceries, housing.

Government Fails to Provide Adequate Interpreter for Deaf Ukrainian Asylum Seeker

By Kate Morrissey

Stuck in immigration limbo, the woman needs a Russian Sign Language translator for her pending asylum case.

Inside the Texas Water Crisis Pitting Residents Against Industry

By Elena Bruess

As lakes, reservoirs and groundwater wither away, some Gulf Coast residents see costly desalination plants as the last hope.

Salvadoran Man Says He Suffered Stroke While Awaiting Deportation to Torture Prison

By Kate Morrissey

The man believed he would be sent to supermax prison where the Salvadoran government, paid by the U.S., tortured Venezuelan deportees last year.

California Lawmaker Proposes Fix to Blunt Loss of Food and Health Aid

By Mark Kreidler

As Trump-backed law threatens Medicaid and SNAP eligibility for millions, a proposed change to state data collection aims to preserve coverage.

California Could Be the First State to Ban Quartz Countertops

By Semantha Raquel Norris

A governor-appointed state board weighs whether to ban the use of engineered stone to protect workers from a deadly lung disease.

Fire Recovery Could Wipe Out Altadena’s Affordable Rentals

By Erin Rode

Without funding and policy interventions, rebuilt homes will rent at market rates, pricing out long-term residents.