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Public defenders, foster kids, climate: Programs created during California's boom may stall amid...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFacing tough financial choices to close a budget shortfall, Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing cuts to...
California faces $50 million in fines for failing to meet prisoners’ mental health needs
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCalifornia faces more than $50 million in fines for failing to correct a chronic shortage of mental...
California speeds plans to empty San Quentin's death row
LA Times via Yahoo News· 3 months agoCalifornia prison officials announced they will move the last 457 condemned prisoners out of San...
Opinion: California has a $38-billion deficit. So why are we still paying for prisons we don't need?
LA Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoGov. Gavin Newsom has approved expensive raises for guards and new corrections facilities even as...
Newsom has approved three California prison closures but resists pressure to shutter more
LA Times via Yahoo News· 2 months agoGavin Newsom could save the state $1 billion annually by closing five more prisons, analysts say....
Why the doctors who treat California's prison inmates are threatening to go on strike
The Desert Sun via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPrison doctors and psychiatrists are some of California's highest paid state employees, at $285,000 to $343,000. But they say their pay is not competitive.
Editorial: California locks people in prisons, and locks out reporters and even lawmakers
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenate Bill 254 would fix that by making state prisons and county jails more accessible to reporters...
Pakistan at the Polls
The Dispatch via Yahoo News· 4 months agoFrom the The Morning Dispatch on The Dispatch A Pakistani voter casts their ballot during polling for Pakistan's general election at a polling station on...
Calmes: When immigrants are demonized, the U.S. betrays its ideals — and economic reality
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMigrants walk along a highway in the state of Chiapas in southern Mexico on Monday, during their...
The Hill’s Morning Report — Democrats on brink of budget bill win
The Hill via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt last, they have the votes. Senate Democrats likely sealed the fate of their $740 billion...