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Democrats are advancing a bill over objections from rural residents, ranchers and Republicans that would study whether California should bring back grizzly bears.
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Max Nesterak/Minnesota ReformerA coalition of Democratic state attorneys general, including those from Oregon, California and Washington, has joined a lawsuit seeking to end the Trump administration’s halt of onshore wind projects in the United States. -
Adriana Heldiz/CalMattersThe Trump administration cancelled $2 billion of research grants to University of California professors. Their legal team says it has proof that those terminations were unconstitutional.
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The potential super El Niño event this fall and winter could bring much needed rains to the region, experts said. -
Shasta County residents will vote again on proposals to expand property rights protections and change how vacancies in elected offices are filled. -
Federal regulators are taking public comment on a proposal to remove two Eel River dams and build a new water diversion system for the Russian River. -
Democratic leaders in California agree that speeding up the vote count would be nice. But they refuse to pursue any changes that would decrease voter access despite voter frustration with the slow trickle of results. -
Most condemned California prisoners will never be released, but some of them gained new opportunities after Gov. Newsom suspended the death penalty. -
Hundreds of thousands of people have turned to the state’s “insurer of last resort” in recent years as wildfires grow larger and more devastating. The FAIR Plan is reportedly planning to raise its rates an average of 30% this fall. -
Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco’s legislation would allow public agencies to delay records requests it deems “improperly” filed, sue for “malicious” requests and charge up to $66 an hour to produce government records. One good governance advocate calls it a “virtual horror show of governmental non-transparency.” -
From Medford to Eureka, communities are celebrating Juneteenth with music, food, vendors, educational programs and family activities. -
Gov Gavin Newsom made job training and the creation of a master plan for career education part of his agenda. Now, key workforce initiatives may get no new funding. -
As election officials across the country steel themselves for the midterm elections in less than five months, President Donald Trump’s executive order restricting voting by mail threatens to upend their preparations. -
Officials say limited land, high construction costs and a lack of incentives have slowed higher-income housing development in Arcata. -
Supporters can still intervene in court to defend the election measure after county leaders opted not to take on the legal fight.
