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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

CA: Social Justice

California's Family Urgent Response System's mandate is to be available to send an emergency care team to any California foster family within one hour. (DimaBerlin/Adobestock)

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

CA foster care advocates ask lawmakers to fund in-person response teams

Advocates for foster families are pressing lawmakers to save the Family Urgent Response System from the budget ax. California faces a $37.9 billion …

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Care4All California, a coalition of more than 70 healthcare advocacy groups, is pressing for a package of bills this legislative session to rein in healthcare costs and improve equity. (Kit Bear/HealthAccess CA)<br />
CA healthcare advocates unveil package of bills to lower costs

On Tuesday, Care4All California, a coalition fighting for affordable health care, unveiled a package of bills its members say they would like state …

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A groundbreaking study calls for philanthropic foundations to acknowledge past harms and support reparations for Black Americans. (NCRP)
Report: Philanthropy must play role in racial reparations

A new report said philanthropic organizations need to reexamine the source of their wealth, which it asserted often came from systemic racism and …

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Un nuevo informe revela que el gasto per cápita de los californianos en aplicación de la ley ha aumentado un 52% desde 1990. (Pixel-Shot/Adobestock)
Informe: Agencias policiales gastan más y resuelven menos delitos

Un nuevo informe muestra que, a pesar del gasto récord en la aplicación de la ley en California, la tasa de resolución - es decir…

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A new report finds that Californians' per-capita spending on law enforcement has risen by 52% since 1990. (Pixel-Shot/Adobestock)
Report: Police agencies spending more, solving fewer crimes

A new report shows that despite record spending on law enforcement in California, the clearance rate - that is the rate of crimes solved - was the …

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Nationally, the percentage of adults with at least an associate's degree went from 38% in 2010 to 45% in 2020. (Daisy Daisy/Adobestock)
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. …

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A nivel nacional, el porcentaje de adultos con al menos un título de asociado pasó del 38% en 2010 al 45% en 2020.(Daisy Daisy/Adobestock)
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…

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Climb Hire graduates often return to mentor new participants and help expand their social networks. (Climb Hire)
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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In 2024, a family of four would need to make less than $41,400 - less than 138% of the Federal Poverty Line - to be eligible for assistance under Covered California or Medi-Cal.(Gelmold/Adobe Stock)
New bill would modernize federal poverty line, make aid more accessible

The U.S. House of Representatives is considering a new bill that would modernize the Federal Poverty Line, which hasn't been substantially updated …

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Congress is considering a bill to ease the tax burden on consumers who win a judgment in fraud cases. (Pakhnyushchyy/Adobe Stock)
Lawmakers propose bill to stop double taxation after fraud lawsuits

Democrats in Congress reintroduced legislation this week to protect consumers who win lawsuits against big corporations from being overtaxed by the In…

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A CARE Court treatment plan lasts up to two years and can assist with housing, medical care, addiction treatment, counseling, and more. (SB Arts Media/Adobe Stock)
CARE Court program opens in California's largest county

The state's largest county has just opened the new CARE Court system, designed to get help for severely mentally ill people in Los Angeles. CARE …

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Research shows people who live near parks or natural spaces have lower rates of disease and higher rates of social cohesion. (Yaya Ernst/Adobestock)
California launches new 'outdoors for all' strategy

Have you ever wanted to see the California redwoods, play in the Sierra snow, take a dip at the beach or just throw a family barbecue at the park? …

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