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CalMatters is a nonpartisan and nonprofit news organization bringing Californians stories that probe, explain and explore solutions to quality of life issues while holding our leaders accountable. We are the only journalism outlet dedicated to covering America’s biggest state, 39 million Californians and the world’s fifth largest economy.
CalMatters is a longstanding partner of LAist and its reporters in Los Angeles have desks in the LAist newsroom. Both nonprofit newsrooms have grants from The LA Local, which at LAist funds two reporters and an editor on the watchdog journalism team.
Stories by CalMatters
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California will get the federal money withheld for after-school programs, but spending must comply with Trump’s priorities.
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The changes Congress made will hit Covered California and likely drive up health insurance costs for 2 million Californians.
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Nearly a third of Cal/OSHA positions were vacant last year, and a new state audit found that caused the agency to skip in-person inspections, even when workers were injured.
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Federal agents arrested hundreds of workers after immigration sweeps at a California cannabis company, stoking fears that President Donald Trump might target the marijuana industry.
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Despite fears the federal government will use personal information from financial aid applications to identify immigrant parents who lack legal status, the number of high school senior applicants from mixed-status families has not decreased as much as some thought it would, according to the California Student Aid Commission.
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Federal cuts to AmeriCorps led to laying off 5,600 of California's public service workers. Because of a lawsuit, the state’s program can temporarily restart.
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A conflict in the Imperial Valley offers a window into an increasingly sharp debate within California's $60 billion agricultural sector over what should happen as acreage devoted to crops and livestock shrinks.
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A proposal would block journalists’ access to politicians’ residential addresses and phone numbers in their voter roll.
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The presence of masked federal agents is an unnerving part of life in Southern California this summer. Here’s a look at who’s carrying out the immigration raids.
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Two Democratic lawmaker say that the Department of Homeland Security is placing restrictive rules on visiting the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, which interferes with their ability to conduct Congressional oversight.
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Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success.
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A new report from UC Merced shows Latino and white people especially lost work after the Trump administration escalated immigration enforcement in L.A.