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Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters/CatchLight LocalThe federal government is set to expand financial aid for students in short-term job training programs starting July 1, but Californians may have to wait until the fall to benefit because of administrative and regulatory challenges. -
AmazonWhen the Oregon Legislature in 2025 passed new road user fees for electric vehicle owners, it left out commercial and medium-duty EVs.
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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality will decrease how much qualified buyers can receive through its popular electric vehicle rebate programs to stretch funding. -
California has 40,000 affordable housing units ready to break ground. One setback is holding them upTens of thousands of affordable units across California are stuck in financial purgatory, according to a new report. Will more money get them moving? -
A dispute over whether negotiated raises for maintenance workers must be honored is triggering a strike at Cal Poly Humboldt. -
Californians overwhelmingly voted yes on Proposition 36 in November of 2024, supporting a ballot measure that many saw as a solution to rising theft and drug crime. Over a year later, counties are grappling with how to pay for growing treatment and incarceration expenses without funding help from the state. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration is pressuring local leaders to pass ordinances regulating homeless encampments, among other requirements.
