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(The Center Square) - Three years ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass promised to stop lobbyists from donating to two nonprofits closely associated with her office, but an investigation by The Center Square found the corporations and organizations paying those lobbyists have still given millions of dollars at her request.
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(The Center Square) – Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed California's pension reform legislation on Sunday, calling the bill one that would reverse previous reforms and increase costs for state and local governments.
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(The Center Square) – In a letter released early Tuesday, Republican legislators called for California Attorney General Rob Bonta to investigate the High-Speed Rail Authority over allegations of improper authorizations of travel expenditures for contractors.
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(The Center Square) – The Second Amendment Foundation has called California's Senate Bill 704 — the nation's first background check law for firearm barrel purchases - unconstitutional.
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(The Center Square) - Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has prompted donors to spend $38 million on her favorite charities and third-party organizations, in some cases from donor companies who had hundreds of millions of dollars worth of business before the city.
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(The Center Square) – A bill increasing protections for children in California's social welfare system was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday. It takes effect immediately.
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(The Center Square) – If signed into law, a bill that passed the Legislature this year would push California officials to study the possible expansion of nuclear energy.
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(The Center Square) – Paramount Skydance has settled an antitrust lawsuit brought by Democratic state attorneys general including California’s Rob Bonta. The deal appears to clear the way for Paramount Skydance to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery for $110 billion.
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(The Center Square) – The U.S. Attorney's Office won’t release the subpoenas related to a federal investigation into Gov. Gavin Newsom’s international travel expenses, which The Center Square tried to acquire this week.
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(The Center Square) – With the midterm elections approaching in November, one tech executive told The Center Square this week that many Americans, Californians included, are paying attention to the development of data centers and artificial intelligence.
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(Legal Newsline) — A collection of so-called public health researchers have gone to federal court to stop the Trump administration from cutting off their research projects intended to advance left-wing culture and public policy goals, including advancing gender transition medicine, combatting "societal injustice" and exploring the effects of so-called climate change on public health.
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(Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court has found an Oregon judge erred when ordering more than 100 inmates who came out as transgender women to a female-only prison.
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(The Center Square) – The High-Speed Rail Authority paid more than $1 million in unjustified travel expenses for contractors, including for private jets, premium tickets and cigar lounges, according to a report .
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