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Gov. Jerry Brown recently jabbed at former Texas Gov. Rick Perry in the middle of an impassioned defense of climate change science at the American Geophysical Union conference.

If it passes, the compromise bill would be the first update to the Toxic Substances Control Act in more than four decades. Supporters say it gives the EPA more power to ensure chemical safety.

A warming trend is expected to begin Thursday and continue into the weekend, forecasters said.

The public school district says it won't be able to pay employees past June under the current funding plan — even for work already done. A longer-term spending bill is stuck in the state Legislature.

The Supreme Court has blocked enforcement of a Louisiana law that could force all but one clinic to close, a sign that a similar law in Texas also could be in peril.

Compared with the Great Recession years, 2015 was a fairly tame time. Still, at least five stories had major impacts. They involved everything from crashing oil prices to merging beer companies.

The California total was the highest of all 50 states in the report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy.

California Attorney General Kamala Harris and Rep. Loretta Sanchez of Orange County replied to questions on climate change, jobs, college affordability and immigration at a California Counts debate. See their answers here.

Black kids are disproportionately affected by school closures. Shereen Marisol Meraji reports on what it's like when a predominantly black neighborhood loses its only public high school.

The length of a bill has little to do with its quality. In fact, it's getting harder and harder to pass major laws that aren't behemoths.