CA: Livable Wages/Working Families
Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Groups plead with CA legislators to save Market Match program
California's program helping low-income families buy fresh fruit and vegetables is on the chopping block and health care advocates are asking legislat…
CA workforce advocates call job-training budget cuts 'ill-advised'
As California faces a $38 billion budget deficit, state lawmakers have identified $17 billion in potential cuts before the Legislature begins …
Educators sound alarm about teacher shortage
Education advocates are calling on lawmakers to increase funding for programs to combat the teacher shortage. Around 37% of schools nationwide …
College students, staff rally in Sacramento for 'March in March'
Hundreds of college students and staff from across the state held a march and rally in Sacramento on Thursday, calling for changes to make higher …
CA high school students earn Google Career Certificates in high-demand fields
By Laura Aka for WorkingNation.Broadcast version by Suzanne Potter for California News Service reporting for the WorkingNation-Public News Service Col…
Report: How colleges can re-enroll students who’ve stopped out
More than 6 million Californians stopped out of college before getting a degree and a new report has laid out a plan to bring them back on campus…
Community health leaders press Congress for more stable funding
Community Health Center leaders are pleading with Congress to pass a budget deal by March 8 to avoid a partial government shutdown - arguing that the …
Postal workers speak out about short staffing, mail delays
Members of the American Postal Workers Union are calling for more staffing and better pay to reduce turnover. They say the problem is affecting mail …
Community leaders call for more housing to combat rising poverty
January is National Poverty in America Awareness Month and community action agencies across the state are working to change lives for the 5 million Ca…
More Californians earn college degrees, but racial gaps widen
More and more Californians are going to college, earning an associate degree or higher but racial gaps persist, according to a new report. …
Más californianos obtienen títulos universitarios, pero aumentan diferencias raciales
Cada vez más californianos van a la universidad y obtienen un título de asociado o superior, pero persisten las diferencias raciales…
Nonprofit Climb Hire gets $6 million grant to help low-wage workers climb higher
If your New Year's Resolution is to leave your low-wage, dead-end job and find something better - the nonprofit Climb Hire may be able to help…
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