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Anna Moneymaker/Getty ImagesFeinstein suddenly became the mayor of San Francisco when two other officials were assassinated. Later she was elected to the U.S. Senate after male senators grilled Anita Hill in public hearings. -
Rich Pedroncelli/APThe new law will impose an additional 11% to the federal tax. It's one of nearly two dozen gun laws signed on Tuesday, but Newsom acknowledges some might not survive legal challenges.
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Gen Z and millennial voters should dominate the electorate in coming years. A poll from the Sine Institute, exclusively obtained by NPR, shows how 18- to 34-year-old Americans feel about the future. -
Most California elections will be forced to use state-approved machines to count ballots under a bill that follows an attempt by right-wing supervisors in one county to hand-count future elections.
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"I do not make this decision lightly," McCarthy told reporters Tuesday. It's unclear whether any formal impeachment resolution would have the votes in the House to pass.
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The bill was one of many passed Thursday in the hectic final two weeks of the Legislative session.
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The bill adds protections for people of South Asian descent who say they have been left out of traditional American safeguards for fairness in employment and housing. It now heads to Governor Newsom's desk for approval.
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In early September, pro-immigration protesters gathered at the offices of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in Clovis, Bakersfield and Washington D.C.
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The city of Fresno released documents detailing its efforts to report an illegal biomedical lab found in Reedley. City officials claim the state did not act quickly enough to help shut it down.
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State money has been set aside to help the bankrupt Madera Community Hospital reopen – nearly a year after it shut its doors.
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The first Republican debate of the 2024 election cycle is in the books. Without the front-runner onstage, each candidate had the opportunity to grab the spotlight, though some had more of an impact.
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A bill introduced this week would make California the third state to pay striking workers, joining New York and New Jersey. But unlike most states, California currently doesn't have enough money to pay the benefits owed to unemployed workers.
