Mackenzie Mays covers state government and politics in the Los Angeles Times’ Sacramento bureau. Previously, she worked as an investigative reporter for Politico, the Fresno Bee and the Charleston Gazette-Mail. In 2019, she received the National Press Club Press Freedom Award for her political watchdog reporting. She is a graduate of West Virginia University and proud Appalachian.
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The legislation would allow exclusive members of pricy private suites at the Intuit Dome arena the ignore California law that prohibits the sale of alcohol after 2 a.m.
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Legislation to make kindergarten a requirement for all young students has failed again in the California Capitol.
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