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California Turns to Private Prison to Address Overcrowding and Medical Care
California has contracted with a private prison corporation to open a 260-bed women's prison. But will a new prison address the overcrowding and medical neglect facing the state's female …
Autistic Teen Entrapped by Cops, Jesse Snodgrass, to Participate in Graduation Ceremony at Chaparral High School
Jesse Snodgrass, the teenage special needs student arrested in an undercover police operation will receive his high school diploma at the Chaparral High School graduation ceremony on Thursday, June …
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Lawsuit: Low-Income Students Assigned Too Much “Work Experience” or Free Time Instead of Classes They Need
Suit against California says “work” periods, other problems, rob kids of instructional time.
Hundreds of California Prisoners in Isolation to Join Class Action Lawsuit
Today, a federal judge allowed hundreds of California prisoners to join a lawsuit challenging prolonged solitary confinement in California prisons when she granted the case class action status.
California’s Leading GOP Candidate for Secretary of State Vague on Polling Place Photo ID Laws
The leading contender for California secretary of state has a wobbly history on voter ID laws.
Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez
When the state works for the poor, the working class, the neglected and pushed out, it works for all of us.
California Bans “Dark Money” in Elections After Undisclosed Koch Brothers Spending in 2012
Sacramento Bee does a lousy job of helping voters understand why that matters.
California’s Fracking Boom Just Got Busted
Energy officials are cutting their estimate of how much oil can be drawn out of California's massive Monterey Shale formation by 96 percent.
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Robbing Main Street to Prop Up Wall Street: Why Jerry Brown’s Rainy Day Fund Is a Bad Idea for California
There is no need to sequester funds urgently needed by Main Street to pay for Wall Street's malfeasance. Californians can have their cake and eat it too with a …
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California’s Big Oil Dirty Dozen
Stop Fooling California recently released a chart revealing that the oil industry spent over $56.63 million on lobbying at the State Capitol in the five years from 2009 through …