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Advocates Say Newsom's Multi-Billion Dollar Anti-Poverty Budget Proposals Aren't Enough
A new push to end deep child poverty is heating up at the California Capitol. Advocates and lawmakers say significant new budget proposals from Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month aren’t enough.
January 23, 2019
Newsom Nominates Former SMUD Official For California Utility Regulator
Gov. Gavin Newsom nominated former SMUD ward director Genevieve Shiroma to the state Public Utilities Commission Tuesday.
January 23, 2019
Stories On Stage Sacramento Launches 10th Season With Shelley Blanton-Stroud’s New Anthology
Professor Shelley Blanton-Stroud is one of two featured authors at Stories on Stage Sacramento this week to kick of the 10th season of the literary program.
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January 23, 2019
PolitiFact Keeps Score On Campaign Promises
PolitiFact reporter Chris Nichols and editor Angie Holan check the progress of campaign promises made by President Trump and Gov. Newsom.
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January 23, 2019
Mayor Darrell Steinberg On The New Protest Ordinance, Ron Burkle And More
In his first conversation with us for 2019, Sacramento’s Mayor gives his perspective on a new protest ordinance, Ron Burkle’s Major League Soccer investment, the Railyards development and his upcoming State of the City address.
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January 22, 2019
Stockton Unified Agrees To Address Discriminatory Discipline Practices Following State DOJ Investigation
The investigation found that the district used school police often unnecessarily to settle problems in the classroom. Black and Latino students and students with disabilities were most often discriminated against.
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January 22, 2019
Activist Erin Brockovich Urges California Leaders To Halt PG&E Bankruptcy
(AP) — Consumer activist Erin Brockovich, who famously took on Pacific Gas & Electric Co. in the 1990s, urged California lawmakers Tuesday not to let the utility go bankrupt because it could mean less money for wildfire victims.
January 22, 2019
Capitol Corridor To Expand Train Service To And From Roseville
Currently the Roseville station only has one round trip per day. Two additional trains are expected to serve the route by 2024, with a total of 10 round trips by 2027.
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January 22, 2019
Gov. Gavin Newsom Seeks To Transform California's Youth Prisons
(AP) — Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed Tuesday to change the way California's juvenile prisons are overseen, eventually closing facilities to cut what he called the "ludicrous" cost.
January 22, 2019
Caltrans Partners With Scholars To Research A Stronger, Cheaper Bridge
University researchers and Caltrans have been using heavy machinery to bore holes in a parcel of land at the place where highways 99 and 70 meet, testing a theory that says a bridge support column might not need as much steel.
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Should Young Americans Be Required To Do Public Service? Federal Panel Says Maybe
January 23, 2019
A federal panel says it is considering how the nation could implement a universal service program, and whether it should be mandatory or optional.
Politics
Trump Says State Of The Union Should Be 'On Schedule' And 'On Location'
January 23, 2019
President Trump says he plans to deliver his State of the Union address in the House chamber next week. He brushed aside Speaker Nancy Pelosi's advice to wait until a partial government shutdown ends.
Latin America
Anti-Maduro Protesters March In Cities Across Venezuela
January 23, 2019
On the anniversary of a 1958 coup that toppled a dictator, protesters are demanding that President Nicolás Maduro step down. They are led by Juan Guaidó, the 35-year-old head of the National Assembly.
National
Arizona Police Arrest Nurse Suspected Of Impregnating Incapacitated Woman
January 23, 2019
Nathan Sutherland, 36, a licensed practical nurse who police say worked at the Hacienda HealthCare facility in Phoenix, has been charged with sexual assault and vulnerable adult abuse.
All Songs Considered
Nakhane and ANOHNI Break Barriers on Transcendent 'New Brighton'
January 23, 2019
'New Brighton,' the striking new single from rising South African pop artist Nakhane, is a spectacular entrance to the world stage.
Investigations
'I Figured It Was Going To Be A Horrible Death, And It Probably Will Be'
January 23, 2019
Thousands of coal miners across Appalachia are grappling with complicated black lung, a disease that has drastically changed their lives, their communities and their families.
Goats and Soda
Why Burundi Is Kicking Out Aid Groups
January 23, 2019
The African nation is one of the poorest in the world. But it's driving out some aid groups that are offering help.
Asia
China Arrests Democracy Advocate Yang Hengjun Following Flight From New York
January 23, 2019
Friends say they're worried for the safety of the Chinese-Australian writer and former diplomat whose push for political change earned him the nickname "the democracy peddler."
Education
Denver Teachers Vote To Authorize A Strike
January 23, 2019
After more than a year of negotiating with the school district, Denver teachers could begin a strike as soon as Jan. 28. It would be the city's first teacher strike in almost 25 years.
Latin America
Mexico Reports Highest Ever Homicide Rate In 2018, Tops 33,000 Investigations
January 23, 2019
The grim news was expected as the number of open homicide cases continued to climb month after month, making the last 12 months the deadliest on record — an average of 91 deaths per day.
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