California’s healthcare affordability office claims power to punish overspending hospitals
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Year after year Californians watch their health bills increase faster than their wages — for some, to the point where care becomes unaffordable. Four years ago, the state created an office to curb that trend. Now, the California Office of Health Care Affordability […]
Community colleges suddenly oppose plan to let them offer more bachelor’s degrees
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California’s community colleges have been trying for several years to offer more bachelor’s degrees. This year, they put their hopes in two sweeping bills designed to help them do that. But lawmakers made massive, last-minute changes that prompted the state’s community colleges to…
Fact check: Is Sam Altman right that almonds use more water than ChatGPT queries?
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As Gov. Gavin Newsom weighs whether to require data centers to disclose how much water they use, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says concerns over AI’s water use don’t hold “up to any scrutiny.” On the Sources Podcast with Alex Heath released Tuesday, Altman…
As California debated sharing data on drivers, Homeland Security subpoenaed 17 million records
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers wrestled with a difficult question earlier this summer: Could the state safely share driver’s license data with a national group, as the federal government demanded, without exposing more than a million people to immigration and law enforcement agencies? Ultimately, amid fears…
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California schools are sitting on arts money. A change in law might get them to spend it
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. A bill to…
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Why a signature Newsom power move flopped in the last days of the Legislative session
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Despite his signature last-minute maneuvering, Gov. Gavin Newsom couldn’t secure his final major…
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Wildfire liability bill dies without a vote on final day of session
The measure, which was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s public utilities, never came to a vote in the Assembly.
