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California will become the first state in the nation to provide infants with hundreds of free diapers before they leave hospitals after birth. Officials say the goal is to ease the financial burden on families welcoming newborns in the notoriously costly state. The state will provide 400 diapers to each newborn through participating hospitals. The program in its first year will be limited to hospitals largely serving low-income patients, and then it will expand statewide after that. It comes two years after Tennessee and Delaware became the first states to offer free diapers to families enrolled in their state's Medicaid programs.
The leading candidates for California governor are trying to stand out from the crowded field as mail voting is underway. They are clashing on everything from a proposed tax on billionaires to state-funded healthcare for immigrants in the country illegally. Debate over the Trump administration's immigration raids is falling largely along party lines with Democrats rebuking them and Republicans saying the federal government must enforce immigration law. Candidates also sparred over the cost of living, taxes and universal health insurance in a two-hour debate on CNN. Voters have until June 2 to cast their ballots and decide which two candidates will advance to the general election in November.
Right now, somewhere in San Mateo, a teacher is kneeling to meet a toddler eye to eye. That quiet, unremarked moment is doing some of the most…
Billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer is selling himself as a class traitor in his bid for California governor. The Democrat says rich people and corporations should pay more in taxes. His advocacy for issues often unpopular with other wealthy people has won him staunch support from some and persistent skepticism from others. Steyer has long used his pocketbook to influence politics and policy in California and beyond. He said that work demonstrates his ability to deliver results for Californians as governor. But governing the nation's most populous state would bring new challenges for someone who's never held public office.
Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot. The goal of the proposal is to generate $100 billion in revenue for the state to backfill federal cuts to Medicaid, which provides healthcare to low-income people. Critics including tech leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom say it could drive the state's wealthiest to leave. California's budget already relies heavily on income taxes from the state's richest people. The Secretary of State still needs to verify the signatures and officially qualify the measure.
Nothing like a screaming political scandal to shake everyone out of their doldrums so they can start thinking about just who should be the gov…
There will be 61 names of would-be governors on the June 2 primary election ballot, but the top two finishers will — as certainly as anything …
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Democrats are searching for a hero to save them in the California governor’s race.
President Donald Trump is more overtly leaning into some of the spoils of his office in his second term, drawing comparisons to French Queen Marie Antoinette from political opponents. He has celebrated renderings of his $400 million White House ballroom even during the war in Iran and a partial government shutdown. His administration is pushing ahead with plans to build a 250-foot Triumphal Arch near the Lincoln Memorial. Democrats say Trump is more interested in the gilded trappings of the presidency than in everyday Americans' concerns about affordability. The White House says the projects "will benefit generations of future presidents and American visitors."
