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State legislators sometimes exempt themselves from the laws they pass, but this session, they could change course on an emblematic bill: To allow their own staffers to form a union.
A number of new laws in California affect farmworkers' right to unionize, salary transparency, reproductive rights, Native American history taught in schools, and more. Then we'll discuss Governor Newsom's proposed $297 billion budget.
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Over the next few days, very different events will take place in downtown Sacramento. Today, Gov. Gavin Newsom is set to march to the state Capitol with a group
The massive, bomb-cyclone-fueled storm set to unleash on California today — dumping more rain and snow across much of the already-soaked state while whipping it