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California’s High-Speed Rail Authority failed this year to push through most of the state legislation it deemed necessary to keep construction of the 171-mile rail line connecting Merced and Bakersfield on its current schedule. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Sunday requiring California community colleges with health centers to provide access to abortion medication starting in 2029. A previous law already requires public universities in California to offer abortion pills. -
Some school officials were confused about how they could and could not spend their arts education money. A new law provides more guidance. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law banning local, state and federal officers from using gloves that can deliver electric shocks to people -
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two bills Sunday designed to help his mental health court reach more vulnerable Californians. -
The new law will expand coverage of FDA-cleared scalp-cooling technology for some cancer patients starting Jan. 1. -
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a bill aimed at closing loopholes in California’s firework regulations in the wake of last year’s deadly explosion in Esparto. -
Democrat Eric Jones focused his primary campaign on young progressive liberals. But to unseat longtime incumbent Rep. Mike Thompson, a traditional “Blue Dog” Democrat, Jones has recently pivoted to court centrists and even Republicans. -
Newsom said money in the budget makes the levee bill redundant. State estimates put Delta levee repairs at roughly $3.3 billion. -
Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson, a Democrat from San Diego, wrote the bill.
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