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Assemblymember Ash Kalra says attacks on the Affordable Care Act underscore the urgency of creating state-run health insurance.
In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state’s petrochemical industry.
The state has spent $225,000 in staff time fighting Targa over emission infractions, some that the company reported itself.
To activists, the fatal shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti echo two controversial killings in San Diego under Rodney Scott’s watch.
U.S. immigration agents involved in three shootings since June have been recorded or accused of using derogatory language about women or people of color.
Fear of aggressive deportation raids is deterring foreign visitors, leading to a reduction in hours for workers and lost revenue.
Watching from the sky, researchers find planet-warming pollutants leaking into the atmosphere are undercounted by at least two times.
Sluggish labor market swells ranks of long-term unemployed, leaving some job seekers frustrated with an ever-shifting hiring landscape.
Powerful photos capture the lives and work of California immigrants whose contributions often go unseen or underappreciated. A selection of images from an exhibition at Los Angeles County libraries shows the range of visual stories on display through March.
When an international organization sought to create guidelines on climate risk, insurance lobbying groups pushed back.
Emergency state support for Planned Parenthood can’t fully offset lost Medicaid dollars, and patients are paying the price.
Lawsuit over Micron’s massive Syracuse project raises concerns about toxic risks and alleges a rushed environmental review.
A small clutch of Democratic legislators once again sinks a plan to dramatically reduce the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.
Visions of a booming hub that would bring jobs and prosperity to Appalachia faded, but the plastic “nurdles” remain.
Black Lives Matter leaders recount their arrests last month after a Minnesota anti-ICE protest.
Community groups are pushing back on an impending HUD rule that would force undocumented immigrants from public housing, splitting families.
Lawmakers table bill to expand use of oilfield wastewater and shoot down another that would restrict drone use around “critical” infrastructure.
Carbon capture hasn’t delivered major climate benefits — and the plants would still emit thousands of tons of pollution.
The arrests of two Black journalists for doing their jobs mark a new chapter of an age-old struggle for democracy, inclusion and unflinching truth that traces back to the pioneering journalism of Ida B. Wells.
Pattie Lopez, whose job is to help patients access public health coverage at Venice Family Clinic, says the volume and scope of cuts to Medi-Cal and Covered California are unlike anything else she’s seen in 23 years.