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Grandparents are exempt from Trump's travel ban for now, Supreme Court says
Grandparents are exempt from Trump's travel ban for now, Supreme Court says July 20, 2017, 5:29 a.m.
Here's our look at the Trump administration and the rest of Washington:
- Grandparents are exempt from President Trump's travel ban but refugees aren't,...
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Gov. Jerry Brown
Gov. Jerry Brown discusses his proposed tax initiative during his appearance at the 87th annual Sacramento Host Breakfast.
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California is handling climate change all wrong
Gov. Jerry Brown has won praise for promising that California will live up to the Paris accord despite President Trump’s withdrawal from the treaty. He also signed a climate deal with China last month, and has unveiled plans for a global climate summit in...
What's Delaine Eastin thinking? The long-shot candidate for governor explains
Accusing Sacramento’s political power barons of neglecting California schoolkids, former state schools chief Delaine Eastin jumped into the 2018 governor’s race in the fall vowing to shove the issue of education to the forefront of the campaign.
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Gov. Brown's climate change deal was a lesson in compromise that should be studied in the White House
One particular message to the agriculture industry was simple: You want Gov. Jerry Brown to be a friend or an enemy the rest of his term?
Friends will support his climate change legislation, it was made clear.
To business leaders: This legislation...
California declared four nuts the official state nut. Technically they're all seeds
The almond, pecan, walnut and pistachio were each officially declared California’s state nut when Gov. Jerry Brown recently signed the declaration into law.
Botanically speaking, the nuts are technically seeds of drupe fruits, unlike the acorn — a true...
Gov. Jerry Brown shows President Trump the upside of experience
As his party’s healthcare plan imploded Monday night, President Trump could look across the country to the state he seems to disdain the most and see success forged by the very thing he ran against: old-fashioned politics.
California Gov. Jerry Brown...
Essential Politics: Washington's woes, Sacramento's success
The two seats of government are 2,729 miles apart if you’re driving. Politically speaking, though, Washington and Sacramento seemed light-years away from each other this week.
As lawmakers squabbled back East, they celebrated in the Golden State.
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Gov. Jerry Brown says the state's housing crisis is his next priority, but reaching a deal won't be easy
Gov. Jerry Brown and legislative leaders announced Monday that the state’s housing crisis will be at the top of their agenda when lawmakers return in August from a monthlong break.
Now they have to figure out whether what they put together actually can...
Eight Republicans backed Jerry Brown's climate change bill — here's what that means for their political futures
How peculiar are the politics of climate change in California? Just look at this week’s vote on cap and trade, which saw a Republican former grape farmer from Modesto and a Democratic former math teacher from Bell Gardens aligned against a mild-mannered...
Cal State trustees grapple with boosting graduation rates and enrollment
About 31,000 fully qualified students were turned away from California State University for the fall term because their desired school was at capacity, administrators told trustees during a meeting Tuesday as they discussed budget challenges and new...
Arnold Schwarzenegger talks bipartisanship and climate change
Fighting climate change was a lonely undertaking at times for Arnold Schwarzenegger while he was the last Republican governor in the liberal state of California. The landmark global warming law he championed more than a decade ago received only a single...
Essential California: Former USC dean no longer seeing patients
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Tuesday, July 18, and here’s what’s happening across California:
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Former USC dean no longer seeing patients
The former dean of USC’s medical school is on leave...
Cal State trustees expected to discuss budget priorities, student enrollment
California State University trustees on Tuesday will discuss how to spend $3.4 billion in taxpayer funds earmarked for the system — more than what Gov. Jerry Brown initially proposed but still not enough to reverse a controversial tuition increase and...
California Legislature extends state's cap-and-trade program in rare bipartisan effort to address climate change
California lawmakers voted Monday evening to extend the state’s premiere program on climate change, a victory for Gov. Jerry Brown that included unprecedented Republican support for fighting global warming.
In a break with party leaders and activists...
Gov. Brown's cap-and-trade compromise is a giveaway to the very polluters causing climate change
To the editor: I disagree that AB 398, which would extend California’s cap-and-trade program “for the sake of the planet,” is the “balanced approach” that Gov. Jerry Brown touts. The bill was written in consultation with the oil and gas lobby and is...
Essential Politics: California readies to send a climate change signal to Trump administration
The California Legislature is scheduled to vote today on a revamped cap-and-trade system that would extend the life of a program that sends yet another signal to the Trump administration about where the state stands on environmental issues.
But it's...