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At least 24 University of California and California State University campuses lost training grants that provided their students with annual stipends of approximately $12,000 or more.

A majority of California’s college students experience food insecurity. Some campuses, including Cal Poly Humboldt, are stepping up with innovative free meal programs.

Many of Kamala Harris’ supporters and detractors alike think she'd have better odds running for California governor rather than president a third time.

President Donald Trump’s signature budget legislation would punish 14 states that offer health coverage to people in the U.S. without authorization, including California, Oregon and Washington.

Tax credits for the parents of young children. A state-funded scientific research institute. Exempting service workers’ tips from state income tax ... Those are among the hundreds of proposals California lawmakers swiftly rejected Friday under the banner of cost savings.

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to prevent California from enforcing regulations on tailpipe emission from new cars and trucks, upending state regulations for the nearly 40% of Americans whose states follow California standards.

Hundreds of residents gathered at Eureka City Council meetings, both in March and again on Tuesday night, mostly to speak in opposition to the proposed ordinance in a cumulative seven hours of public testimony.

Advocates argue cuts in the governor’s revised May budget could put services like a helpline and health care in jeopardy

A federal court ruled last year that Humboldt residents can challenge county fines for illegal cannabis operations. Now, plaintiffs want the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in.

Newsom’s Medi-Cal budget plan would shift money for voter-approved increases in doctors’ pay and reproductive care to cover other expenses. The cost of the low-income health insurance program has been growing rapidly.

President Donald Trump's proposal would defund the 11-region Integrated Ocean Observing System — cutting off the buoys, drones and radar that feed Oregon, Washington state and other coasts the real-time wave, wind and current data vital for safe shipping, tsunami routes and storm forecasts.

The new documentary out on KEET-TV, the PBS station based in Eureka, explores how young local artists are using their creativity for civic engagement, identity, expression and social change. JPR's Vanessa Finney speaks with the producer/director of the film, Jack Lucido and Grayson Johansen, one of its featured artists.