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Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.

Teaching cursive is once again the law for kids in California — news that adults greet with celebration, nostalgia, scorn, indifference and head-scratching.

“When CalPERS gets engaged, we know they can get results,” said one advocate.

The nation’s largest public pension fund is giving more weight to its investments’ climate risks.

Universities may have divested from fossil fuels – but board members still have industry ties, new analysis finds

The Democratic effort with pensions is part of an international movement by government and other institutions to divest from fossil fuel.

California could soon divest its public pensions from fossil fuel companies, as the state legislature looks to force the nation’s largest non-federal retirement funds to sell off nearly $15 billion

State Republican lawmakers, the powerful petroleum lobby and the public pension funds targeted by the bill oppose the measure that would divest the state’s retirement funds and sell nearly $15 billion in assets.

Today, SB 252 to phase out fossil fuel investments – passed the California state Senate full floor vote with an outsized majority of 22 to 10.

CalPERS and CalSTRS are the country's two largest state pension systems.