One reason your power bill is high: Baked-in profits that critics call excessive
Public utilities can collect hundreds of millions of dollars in profits directly through fees on electric bills. Critics say ...
The cost of private colleges is high, yet many low-income students still choose them
Even after financial aid, low-income students often pay $20,000 a year or more to attend California’s private colleges.
This would be ‘devastating’: California sues to stop Trump’s chaos-inducing funding freeze
Following a Monday executive order from President Donald Trump that seeks to freeze all federal aid, California officials ...
Massive Salton Sea lithium project gets judge’s go-ahead, ending advocates’ lawsuit
Social and environmental groups claimed the project could cause water and air problems not disclosed in an environmental ...
Opinion
SALT in old wounds: California’s taxes on wealth may hinge on how Trump treats deductions
Congress is discussing losing the cap on SALT deductions. California's wealthy would enjoy a tax break, but its corporations might pay more.
Activists whose videos accused Planned Parenthood of selling fetal remains plead to felony
Abortion activist David Daleiden pleaded no contest to a California felony charge stemming from his secret recordings of Planned Parenthood officials.
Federal funding freeze prompts chaos, confusion, lawsuits
A wide-ranging but vague order prompted California and nearly two dozen other states to sue President Donald Trump’s administration.
Emewodesh Eshete
Emewodesh is a fellow with the CalMatters College Journalism Network. She’s an LA native and an undergraduate student at the University of California, Berkeley. She has been reporting for her school ...