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- Smaller California school districts — especially ones in isolated, rural areas — cost taxpayers way more money per student. But as school enrollment declines across the state, closing these small districts could risk upending entire […]
- With costs sometimes exceeding $100,000 per student, small districts are often under pressure to close schools.
- Ending 2024 election week, California hadn’t yet counted 243,976 postmarked ballots — and 4.1 million ballots cast on or before Election Day.
- California’s security guards earn low pay and have dangerous jobs. Legislative Democrats are pressuring companies to unionize.
- People of color, naturalized citizens, and low-income voters are less likely to have birth certificates, passports, or other ID that the SAVE Act would require.
- Yes, CalPERS is still digging out from lawmakers' overpromises and past investment losses. But you can see a trend that could save taxpayers money over time in a new analysis from the pension fund.
- A bill to protect people on online dating apps from violence has critics arguing that the measure would put a “scarlet letter” on certain users. But that’s a feature, not a bug in the proposal. […]
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