Today on the show we'll start with the California legislative analyst's office projecting a budget surplus for the state. Plus, Alabama posthumously pardons the Scottsboro Boys. A new immigration policy gives hope to undocumented military dependents, a federal consumer protection bureau fines a payday lender $19 million, a preview of the Latin Grammys and much more.
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• 7:13
The latest report from the legislative analyst's office says we are recovering more quickly than expected from the deficit plague of just two and three years ago. The Golden State's treasury is now befitting of its name.
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• 6:58
The Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles voted unanimously this morning to posthumously pardon the men in the "Scottsboro Boys" rape case.
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• 5:52
Emily Bazar, senior writer for the California Healthcare Foundation Center for Health Reporting, joins Take Two for her regular explainer on the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
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• 4:26
Now military spouses and children who are in the country illegally can stay here without fear of deportation and work towards permanent legal status.
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• 5:03
This week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a $19 million settlement with payday lending company Cash America.
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• 5:44
The terms PRISM, FISA and metadata have become familiar in the debate over NSA surveillance of global communications. But there is another cryptic-sounding expression to add to the list: twelve-triple-three, or 12333.
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• 9:56
Las Vegas hosts the the 14th annual Latin Grammys tonight, airing on the Univision network, and it will include a diverse field of artists from around the world.
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• 14:59
It's Thursday and that means it's time for State of Affairs, our look at politics and government throughout California. To help us with that we're joined in studio by KPCC political reporter Alice Walton and Frank Stoltze.
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• 8:53
Our lives have become more tricky with new technology, and a new book explores that relationship: "Dot Complicated," by the sister of Mark Zuckerberg, Randi Zuckerberg.
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• 5:01
Phoenix is pumped up about a town he loves that's less than 100 miles north of LA: Bakersfield.
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• 4:17
The investigation dubbed Rehab Racket found centers were being run by operators with criminal pasts and allegations of criminality separate from the treatment centers.
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• 3:57
As the nation remembers the last tragic day of John F. Kennedy's presidency - many Latino voters of that era reflect on what the 35th president meant to their emerging political bloc.
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• 6:25
Every week we get your weekend conversation starters with Rico Gagliano and Brendan Newnam, the hosts of the Dinner Party Download podcast and radio show.