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California Is Investing $500M in Therapy Apps for Youth. Advocates Fear It Won’t Pay Off.

By Molly Castle Work With little pomp, California launched two apps at the start of the year offering free behavioral health services to youths to help them cope with everything from living with anxiety to body acceptance. Through their phones, young people and some caregivers can meet BrightLife Kids and Soluna coaches, some who specialize […]

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Are you earning enough to be considered ‘middle class’ in California? How to know

It can be difficult to know if you classify as middle class, especially when it feels like your paycheck doesn’t go as far as it once did (one government analysis suggests you need at least $10,000 more just to live as you did three years ago). A new report from personal finance site SmartAsset reviewed […]

California

Students arrested in California, Texas as Gaza war protests in US intensify | Israel War on Gaza News

Student-led protests against Israel’s war on Gaza have intensified across the United States, with House Speaker Mike Johnson suggesting the National Guard be brought in even as police in riot gear arrested dozens of young people at the University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) and the University of Southern California (USC). The arrests on […]

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A call for equity in California college admissions

I’m proud to be one of the many Stanford student organizers working to advance California bill AB 1780, which would penalize California colleges that practice legacy and donor preference. Class Action, a grassroots organization leading a national campaign to end legacy preference, helped introduce the bill at a press conference in Sacramento, and more recently […]

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Insurers Face Added Role in Curbing Workplace Violence With California Law

New legislation aimed at reducing workplace violence in California vastly increases employers’ responsibilities and hands workers’ compensation insurers an unprecedented oversight role that is likely to trigger lawsuits and affect rates and capacity. The Workplace Violence Prevention Bill SB 553, which comes into effect on July 1, is the first sector-agnostic piece of legislation by […]

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Business groups clash over bill banning NDAs in California lawmaking process

California Capitol Correspondent Business groups clash over bill banning NDAs in California lawmaking process Updated: 6:07 PM PDT Apr 24, 2024 NEWS AT FOUR. LATER THIS WEEK, CALIFORNIA LAWMAKERS WILL DEBATE A PROPOSAL THAT WOULD PROHIBIT THE USE OF NONDISCLOSURE AGREEMENTS. NDAS DURING LEGISLATIVE NEGOTIATIONS. SO THIS PROPOSAL IS THE DIRECT RESULT OF OUR REPORTING […]

Alaska

US denies request from 100 tribes | #alaska | #politics

The U.S. government rejected an emergency request from 100 tribes and communities in Western Alaska for a zero-bycatch limit on salmon, which would have effectively halted the nation’s largest Bering Sea pollock fishery. Bycatch is the unintentional capture of marine life by commercial fishermen. A directive from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Oceanic and […]

Alaska

Biden administration cancels remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic Refuge | #alaska | #politics

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — In an aggressive move that angered Republicans, the Biden administration canceled the seven remaining oil and gas leases in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday, overturning sales held in the Trump administration’s waning days, and proposed stronger protections against development on vast swaths of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. The Department […]

Alaska

House passes bills to avert a government shutdown; package now heads to the Senate | #alaska | #politics

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks about the spending package during a news conference on March 20. The House of Representatives went on to pass six appropriations bills funding the government on Friday. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) The House of Representatives passed the remaining six appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024 on Friday morning, setting […]

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‘Devastating’ wait times at Mexico border strain California small businesses

Government agencies are spending billions of dollars to improve wait times at the U.S.-Mexico border, but the checkpoints remain severely clogged — and border communities are hurting. In recent months lines at the border often stretched for several hours, frustrating more than 150,000 students, cross-border families, health care workers, small business owners, and others who […]