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Kristyna Wentz-Graff
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OPB
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is walking back, for now, a plan to sweep up data on millions of Americans who vote by mail under President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting mail ballots.
Jules Hotz
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CalMatters
Photos by Beth LaBerge, KQED, and the California State Senate
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Courtesy U.S. Forest ServiceThe Trump administration is preparing to roll back Clinton-era wildland protections with a shortened public comment period and without holding public hearings. Now, unofficial hearings on the proposed repeal of the 2001 Roadless Rule are cropping up in the Northwest and across the country. -
Salvador Ochoa/CalMattersCalifornia voters approved a top-two primary election designed to encourage moderation. But in most races, it ends in a conventional Democrat vs. Republican. Some are ready to scrap the top two.
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Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty ImagesIn a previously unpublicized letter to Congress, the newly-departed head of ICE said the agency collects data on people suspected of potentially unlawful activity, which could include protesters. -
Tom Brenner/Getty ImagesGates is sitting for a closed-door interview before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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The state flew in a federal highway official to interview for the job last month. It didn’t work out.
Roman Battaglia
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JPR News
Laura Tesler
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Oregon Capital Chronicle/Pool
David J. Phillip
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AP Photo
A bill to require that health insurance plans for public employees cover weight-loss drugs is running into opposition from the California Public Employees Retirement System.
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Jae C. Hong
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AP Photo
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Dawnie Slabaugh
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College of the Siskiyous