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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – An often-used federal law that allowed California to set its own vehicle emissions standards is being challenged in court this month, potentially barring the Golden State from meeting its goal of banning sales of new gas-powered vehicles by 2035.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – New limits on financial assets for Medi-Cal recipients are expected to kick many beneficiaries off the taxpayer-funded healthcare program.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has filed hundreds of state-mandated “transparency” reports intended to disclose millions of dollars donated to third parties at her behest, but at least 23 filings reviewed by The Center Square show her requesting money from "Anonymous."
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Justice has sent a letter to the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, stating that it violated Title VI by discriminating in its admissions process.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – In the last weeks of the 2026 legislative session, California’s lawmakers quietly decided against reappointing two members of the beleaguered Board of Parole Hearings.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A new poll from the University of California, Berkeley's Institute for Government Studies says Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fallen behind her general election opponent, City Councilmember Nithya Raman, by 11 percentage points.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – California is the next state poised to ban child marriage after human rights groups have been calling on state legislatures to ban the practice.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(Legal Newsline) — California has become the latest state to enact a state law restricting private equity and other non-lawyer investors from owning or running law firms.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(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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Reporting from The Center Square
(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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