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Nicole Nixon

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Nicole covers politics and government for CapRadio. Before moving to California, she won several awards, including a regional Edward R. Murrow Award, for her political reporting in her hometown of Salt Lake City. Besides public radio, Nicole is passionate about beautiful landscapes and breakfast burritos.

 

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  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Newsom proposes amending the U.S. Constitution to restrict guns

    June 8, 2023

    “In this country, we do have the power … to change things,” the governor said in a video announcing the new campaign.

  • Tran Nguyen / AP Photo

    ‘Bring it on’: Sacramento faith leaders welcome migrants flown from Texas with phones, clothes and lawyers

    June 6, 2023

    Florida officials confirmed they were involved in transporting the asylum seekers and rebuffed claims of kidnapping by Calif. Governor Gavin Newsom.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

    Prop. 8 remains on the books 15 years later. California’s LGBTQ+ lawmakers want to repeal it.

    June 5, 2023

    “People are horrified when they are reminded that the California Constitution explicitly discriminates against LGBTQ people,” said Sen. Scott Wiener. “We need to get this out of our constitution.”

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli

    California Assembly advances bill to make tech platforms pay for journalism

    June 1, 2023

    News industry revenues have fallen as consumption shifts primarily to social media and other online platforms. A bill would require large social media companies to pay a monthly “journalism usage fee” to outlets.

  • AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File

    California Senate approves bill to limit police stops for headlights, expired registration

    May 31, 2023

    Sen. Steven Bradford’s SB50 would prohibit police from pulling someone over for a minor infraction related to lighting, registration or license plates alone.

  • AP Photo/Tran Nguyen

    Fentanyl bills advance at the California Legislature, but divisions on approach remain

    May 26, 2023

    Just one of the bills would raise the penalty for dealers carrying at least a kilogram — or a little than two pounds — of fentanyl, aligning it with penalties for possessing large amounts of heroin and other drugs.

  • AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File

    A California bill would limit housing security deposits to one month’s rent

    May 23, 2023

    Currently, landlords can ask for security deposits of up to three months’ rent for some apartments. Assembly member Matt Haney (D-San Francisco)’s AB 12 would limit it to one month’s rent.

  • Andrew Nixon / CapRadio

    Understanding how a California bill dies without public debate

    May 16, 2023

    The twice-yearly procedure releases hundreds of bills to the Senate and Assembly floors, allowing for debate before the entire chamber. But for other bills, the suspense hearing provides a quiet, anticlimactic end.

  • AP Photo/José Luis Villegas

    How Gavin Newsom wants to close California’s $31.5 billion budget shortfall

    May 12, 2023

    Though the budget deficit has grown to nearly $32 billion, Newsom said he does not plan to dip into the state’s rainy day fund, instead proposing a mix of funding delays, cuts and renewing a tax on health insurers.

  • AP Photo/José Luis Villegas

    A larger deficit, economic uncertainty and unclear revenues: California’s boom turns bust

    May 9, 2023

    A year after spending a $100 billion surplus, California lawmakers must fill a deficit. Recent bank failures, climbing interest rates and a high-profile fight over the federal debt limit all pose considerable risks to the state's economy and budget.

 

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