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Faltering California High-Speed Rail Pushes Private Funding To Fill Massive $7-$11 Billion Funding Gap

April 30, 2025 1:24 pmApril 30, 2025 1:24 pm

California High-Speed Rail Authority CEO Ian Choudri announced Wednesday that he will be pushing the state to start accepting more private funding for the rail project, especially with a $7 billion funding gap set to come into play in mid-2026,...

Gov. Newsom, AG Bonta Sue Trump Administration Over DOGE Cuts to Americorps Funding

April 30, 2025 2:45 amApril 30, 2025 2:46 am

California, led by Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta, sued the federal government over their over 40% cut to Americorps funding on Tuesday, joining two dozen other states in the same lawsuit. The lawsuit comes following last week...

Welfare Fraud Decriminalization Bill Passes Senate Committee

April 29, 2025 8:25 pmApril 29, 2025 8:25 pm

A bill that would decriminalize criminal penalties for attempted welfare fraud for cases under $950 and eliminate criminal penalties for overpayments from administrative errors or infractions continued to move up in the Senate this month, with an Appropriations Committee vote...

Automaker Group Joins House Republicans In Attempt To Stop California’s 2035 Gas-Powered Car Mandate

April 29, 2025 1:14 pmApril 29, 2025 1:14 pm

The push to federally end California’s 2035 gas-powered car sales ban gained considerable traction this week as Congressional Republicans were joined by major trade groups to repeal an Biden Administration era Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waiver that approved of California’s...

The 2032 RNC: California Bound?

April 26, 2025 2:45 amApril 26, 2025 2:46 am

The Republican Party resurgence in California in recent years has gotten the attention of the national party as well as Democrats. In 2024 alone, the CAGOP saw a six figure increase of registered Republicans in only a years time, managed to...

California’s First Steel Mill In 50 Years Breaks Ground In Kern County

April 25, 2025 2:43 amApril 25, 2025 2:44 am

California’s first steel mill in 50 years broke ground in the Kern County town of Mojave in March, with the plant set to open by 2027. The Mojave Micro Mill, to be located north of Lancaster and to the west...

UCLA Students Protest Lawsuit Alleging That UC Still Uses Race-Based Admission Decisions

April 24, 2025 9:00 amApril 24, 2025 9:01 am

Close to 100 students protested at UCLA over the weekend, rallying against a Students Against Racial Discrimination (SARD) lawsuit that says that the UC system still uses race-based decisions in admissions despite state and federal law already banning the practice....