Marshall Tuck and Tony Thurmond, candidates for California’s superintendent of public instruction, debate at the Sacramento Press Club on September 11, 2018. Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioThe two candidates for California’s state schools chief has received a significant amount of campaign contributions; over 50-million dollars. As election day approaches, candidates show differences in how to deal with teacher pay raises.
Story by Nadine Sebai.
Credit: farmvetco.orgVeterans who want to work in agriculture need training and experience. A recent step by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs will make it less costly for vets to take part in a farmer apprenticeship program in northern California.
Story by Julia Mitric.
Friday, November 2, 2018
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For Democrats to win California’s battleground congressional races, turning out their own voters won’t be enough. They’ll also have to convince Republicans disgusted with the president to kick their party out of power.
This story comes from Capital Public Radio’s Keys to the House podcast. You’ll find this week’s two new episodes from Orange County HERE.
Ricardo Lara (left) and Steve Poizner are running for California Insurance Commissioner. Credit: Politifact CaliforniaDemocrat Ricardo Lara claimed his opponent in the California Insurance Commissioner race Steve Poizner ‘pledged to block immigrant children from ever getting’ state health benefits. We rated it Half True.
Story by Chris Nichols.
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Credit: Melanie Stetson Freeman / Christian Science MonitorIf voters approve Prop 12, California would require producers to keep egg-laying hens in cage-free housing by 2022. The measure would also ban sales of meat and eggs from animals kept in enclosures below a certain number of square feet.
Story by Julia Mitric.
Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Amanda Bicknell/ Wiki CommonsProposition 1 is called the Veterans and Affordable Housing Bond Act of 2018. But, only a quarter of the money goes to housing programs for vets.
Story by Randol White.
californiadfg / FlickrCalifornia officials have created a plan to stop climate change from killing sea creatures. The reason? The ocean is getting more acidic as it absorbs increased amounts of carbon dioxide.
Story by Ezra David Romero.
Dry fields and bare trees at Panoche Road, looking west, on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, near San Joaquin, California. Credit: Gregory Urquiaga / File / UC DavisThe first part of fall has been dry so far in California, and that trend might continue. A UCLA researcher says it's not usual for rain to be scarce in October, but that dry conditions are increasingly being pushed deeper into autumn.
Story by Ezra David Romero.
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Credit: PPICWhen it comes to voting for California's next governor, residents will likely do so on party lines, according to a recent poll by the Public Policy Institute of California. But that's not the case for Proposition 6.
Story by Nadine Sebai.
Credit: Andrew Nixon / Capital Public RadioShould voters approve new housing for an estimated 20-thousand homeless people with severe mental illness? While most people agree the end goal of Proposition 2 is noble, there is disagreement over two billion in bonds needed to build the homes.
Story by Randol White.
Monday, October 29, 2018
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