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Wearing a shirt that says, "#NotNCAAProperty," injured University of Michigan basketball player Isaiah Livers looks on prior to his team's NCAA tournament game against Texas Southern on March 20. On Wednesday the U.S. Supreme Court hears a case testing the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes.

Take To The Court: Justices Will Hear Case On Student Athlete Compensation

The case tests whether the NCAA's limits on compensation for student athletes violate antitrust law. Its outcome could have enormous consequences for college sports.

A woman looks at a laptop computer in this undated photo.

Unemployment Problems Highlight State's Outdated Technology

But despite these public failings, or maybe because of them, there’s a push at the highest levels of state government to change how California goes about procuring and updating its technology.

At the funeral of the late congressman and civil rights leader Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., last year, former President Barack Obama called on the Senate to eliminate the filibuster, if needed, to secure voting rights.

Why Possibly Changing The Filibuster Brings Threats Of Political 'Nuclear' War

The procedure has evolved at many points in history, clearing breakthroughs on civil rights and a recent GOP judicial spree. Those issues show why the two parties see changing it now as existential.

Jimmy Stewart's 1939 performance in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington helped form the popular perception of a Senate filibuster, with a lawmaker talking for hours on end. It hasn't been like that for decades, but President Biden supports returning to that style.

Why Possibly Changing The Filibuster Brings Threats Of Political 'Nuclear' War

The procedure has evolved at many points in history, clearing break throughs on civil rights and a recent GOP judicial spree. Those issues show why the two parties see changing it now as existential.

A county health worker fills a syringe with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in West Chester, Pa., Dec. 29, 2020. Rutgers University will require students enrolling for the fall semester to show they've been vaccinated for the coronavirus.

Rutgers To Require Vaccine Proof For 'All Students Planning To Attend This Fall'

The New Jersey school says its new COVID-19 requirement will help it make "a full return to our pre-pandemic normal" on campus.

Multiple news outlets report that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration gave his family members preferential access to COVID-19 testing in the early days of the pandemic, including to his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo.

Reports: Cuomo Administration Gave Special Coronavirus Testing Access To Family, VIPs

Last March, New York was an epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak, and testing was hard to come by. New York law prohibits officials from using their positions to secure privileges or exemptions.

Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Budget Committee, on Capitol Hill in February.

Sen. Bernie Sanders' Next Progressive Frontier: Reshaping A 'Rigged' Tax System

Sanders will introduce legislation Thursday to restore the corporate tax rate to 35% and add a new progressive tax on the estates of the wealthiest Americans.

In this June 11, 2019, file photo, Chris Puehse, owner of Foothill Ammo, displays .45-caliber ammunition for sale at his store in Shingle Springs, Calif.

California Bill Aims To Jumpstart 'Microstamps' On Handguns

Proponents say the pending legislation is another attempt to help investigate shootings by police while jumpstarting what the gun industry says still is unworkable technology.

The city of Evanston, Illinois, just north of Chicago, is believed to be the first place in the United States to provide reparations to Black residents after its city council on Monday approved a plan to address racial discrimination in housing.

In Likely First, Chicago Suburb Of Evanston Approves Reparations For Black Residents

The new program, which aims to address harms suffered by Black residents due to the city's past discriminatory housing policies, is part of a larger reparations fund established in 2019.

Customers seated outside in the parking lot at Crab Hut restaurant in Kearny Mesa, Feb. 15, 2021.

Federal Relief Delays Tax Break For California Businesses

The California Legislature is delaying a bill that would give a tax break to businesses.

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