Californians, who have historically supported efforts to raise the minimum wage, were not swayed this time…
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Hiltzik: Will RFK Jr.’s legacy be a sicker America?
In a tweet he posted shortly before the election, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took arms against…
Airlines team up with California to push lower carbon jet fuel
San Francisco — Jet airplanes spew enormous amounts of greenhouse gases and noxious chemicals, but the industry…
How to spot deepfakes: Voters are seeing more and fear their influence
Weeks after former President Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., a video circulated on…
Hollywood lauds and challenges Newsom’s film tax credit plan
Amid mounting pressure from Hollywood to bring production and entertainment jobs back to California, Gov. Gavin…
Gavin Newsom proposes to increase California film and TV tax credit
Gov. Gavin Newsom unveiled a proposal Sunday to more than double the annual amount of money…
Hiltzik: Are women and babies the property of the state? Red states say ‘yes!’
The arguments made by antiabortion states to sugarcoat their manifestly misogynistic policies have always borne the…
Hiltzik: A judge blows the whistle on Florida’s antiabortion governor
“To keep it simple for the State of Florida: it’s the First Amendment, stupid.” This warning…
Supreme Court says EPA can force coal-fired power plants to cut carbon pollution
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared the way for a climate-change rule adopted by…
California’s ban on certain hemp products clears early legal challenge
California’s emergency ban on certain hemp products cleared a legal challenge Friday brought by cannabis businesses…