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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.
It’s not easy to lose a day of revenue, but these businesses are joining L.A.’s “ICE Out” day of action on Friday.
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Five different measures to ban claw declawing surgery have died in the Legislature since 2018. Lawmakers are trying again this year, despite lobbying by state veterinarians.
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Here's how immigration experts and lawyers who reviewed government documents break down the steps and associated costs of the U.S. deportation process.Listen 6:35
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Many Americans worry freedom of speech is fading, while others feel empowered to say what they want. NPR's Morning Edition, which airs on LAist 89.3 FM, explores this dynamic in a new series, The State of the First Amendment.Listen 11:13
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Protests took place in more than a dozen communities across Southern California.
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The abuse of children under county dates mostly to the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s and took place inside county juvenile facilities.
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Supervisors Janet Nguyen and Doug Chaffee argue the disgraced official's plea deal 'stands in stark contrast to harsher penalties imposed on others.'
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Requiring voters to show ID at polls is controversial, in part because it was historically used as a tool to disenfranchise Black voters.
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Some takeaways from the files obtained so far and what we know about the delay on other requests.
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Federal health agencies have to slash their spending on contracts by more than a third, on top of the 10,000-person staffing cuts which started this week.
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LA residents need to download the new MyLA311 app to keep making service requests on their phones, but officials said it’s for the better.
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Huntington Beach wants to enforce its own voter ID rules — and the state is seeking a court order to stop them.
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The City Council is considering how to expand an existing policy, the “Fair Work Week” ordinance, to fast food workers.
