Employees warn that recent dismissals could weaken protections for public lands as the new administration selects a former timber executive to head the agency.
The Trump administration’s high-profile anti-DEI campaign aims to do more than shut down programs in California and beyond.
Researchers refute fast food industry’s apocalyptic predictions about raising the minimum wage.
There are much more effective ways to improve government than cutting “to the bone.”
The judges’ union estimated that as many as 10,000 hearings will not happen this year because of the lost work.
With little time, nearly 1,200 bills and disappearing federal partners, legislators slow-roll new oil and gas regulations.
The state, home to nearly 2 million undocumented immigrants, could be hit hard by the president’s deportation policies.
Labor board freeze leaves thousands of workers, from Amazon to Trader Joe’s, with few options — prompting some to consider more aggressive tactics.
The department has refused to turn over documents to the commission.
Legislators juggle hundreds of bills. Some would shape the industry that generates money, pollution and climate disasters.
Training has been limited and work to reduce flammable vegetation postponed. Some firefighters are leaving the force.
From a small station in Los Angeles’ Boyle Heights, 18-year-old Kennia Camacho talks with teens about anxiety, stress and depression. We should listen.
Powerful senator threatens Environment Department with funding cuts, its secretary with investigation.
Amid health concerns, residents in a Virginia community push back on proposed gas plant.
As fear mounts, day laborers risk arrest to help the city rebuild and support their families.
Even those robbed by a cartel or gang can be denied asylum for providing support to a group the U.S. considers a terrorist organization.
Grants promised for renewable energy, clean air and municipal water systems frozen and under review.
From uprising to fires, Blacks in L.A. continue the fight against erasure.
Housing activists accuse rental giant of excessive payment hikes.
Abducted by soldiers as a student in Argentina, author and human rights activist Alicia Partnoy hopes young people stand up for migrant rights.