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LAist’s coverage of civic life and citizen issues in Southern California. We cover elections, examine who gets listened to and why, and provide a guide for anyone who wants to more fully participate in civic life.
Huntington Beach is one of a handful of cities that has chosen to fight in court against efforts to force it to adopt geographic districts for city council elections.
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Questions have been raised about why the city would give up on the much-needed money.
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A secretive appropriations process killed or reined in three bills regulating the use of pricing algorithms. A bill to monitor data center electricity use was also culled.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in Washington, D.C., delayed enforcing its decision, which is expected to be appealed to the Supreme Court.Listen 4:08
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Economists and others worry about politicizing jobs and inflation data after Trump firing of Bureau of Labor Statistics chief and nomination of partisan replacement.
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The measure would make substantial changes to how Long Beach is represented at the federal level.
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The Department of Justice is asking states and counties across the country to hand over sensitive information about people on their voter rolls.
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Once crowded with families shopping for candy, piñatas and party supplies, the Piñata District now struggles as fear of immigration sweeps keeps customers away.
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Over $17 million has already been raised to support and oppose Prop. 50, California’s congressional redistricting measure. We fill you in on how to track the money ahead of the special election on Nov. 4.
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When it closes next year, Norco city leaders hope to restore the correctional facility to an upscale resort again.
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A whistleblower complaint says the personal data of over 300 million Americans was copied to a private cloud account to allow access by former members of the Department of Government Efficiency team.
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Iciar Rivera is organizing a new Friends of the Library group to fight for equitable library services after years of delays and closures at the Benjamin Franklin Library.
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President Donald Trump says he's firing the Federal Reserve governor after a Trump ally accused Cook of making false statements on a mortgage application.Listen 3:34
