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California Advances Bill Granting College Admissions Priority to Descendants of Slavery

California lawmakers approve a bill allowing colleges to give admissions priority to descendants of enslaved people.
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Slavery descendants to get preference for college admission if bill approved

Legislation that would allow colleges and universities in California to give preference in admission to students who are ...

These are the wildfire-related bills the California Legislature OK’d this year

Of the dozens of wildfire-related bills that legislators were quick to introduce in the wake of the wildfires that ravaged ...

California lawmakers pass bill to grant priority college admission for descendants of slavery

State lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan that would allow California colleges to offer preferential admission to students ...

Social media, ICE, antisemitism bills head to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk

One bill, which aimed to address antisemitism in California schools, was scaled back significantly in the final weeks of the ...

California’s incarcerated firefighters, who earn about $1 per hour, may soon get a hefty raise

On Thursday, California lawmakers unanimously approved a plan to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7 ...
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‘When they go low, we squabble up’: California punches back after Texas rigs maps

“Where I come from—in LA representing Crenshaw and Slauson—when they go low, we squabble up,” says State Assemblymember Isaac Bryan on the redistricting fight. “They've changed the rules of the game, ...
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California lawmakers on the brink of calling redistricting special election

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California Republicans pushed for answers on Wednesday about the financial details of a proposed special November election to redraw the state’s congressional map. Members of ...