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EducationWill Newsom’s death penalty commutations stick?
Gavin Newsom reminded everyone that he’s still the governor on Thursday when he handed down a historic commutation of every California death sentence. We have more on that below.
- Environment
Flesh-eating screwworm is spreading in the US, threatening livestock and wildlife – hunters can be the first line of defense
For the first time in over 50 years, an infestation of the flesh-eating fly known as the New World screwworm ( Cochliomyia hominivorax ) is spreading on the U.S. mainland, and it is putting livestock and other animals at risk.
- Health
The hidden ways insects support animal life – from habitat to health – go way beyond being food
There are at least 14 million insect species on Earth, and they play highly diverse roles in sustaining the natural world.
Environment‘I heard a barnacle’ – how paying attention to nature’s background noise can reveal animal secrets
During four days on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, I saw an Olympic marmot, a species found nowhere else on Earth; four bumblebee species working the same lavender plant; three western hermit crab species new to me; and five orcas slicing…
GovernmentDistant polls, spotty mail obstruct Native American voting 6 years after law meant to help them
Six years after California passed a law requiring the secretary of state to form an advisory committee to help improve voting access for Native Americans, the committee still has not been formed, the secretary of state’s office confirmed to…
GovernmentCalifornia’s congressional gerrymander worked. What happens after the next census?
Last year, after Texas Republicans reconfigured their congressional districts to grab five more seats, California’s Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, and its Legislature countered with a gerrymander to shift five seats their way.
EnvironmentCourt rules against California’s first carbon capture project, a key piece of state climate plans
A Kern County judge ruled that approval of California’s first operating carbon capture and storage project — a technology the state is counting on to meet its climate goals — violated state environmental law and must be set aside.
GovernmentCalifornia tiene un punto problemático en el recuento de votos. Es el condado supervisado por un negacionista de las elecciones
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GovernmentMayor-elect Nithya Raman inherits a Los Angeles full of promise and burdened by challenges
Los Angeles, once California’s most reliably Republican stronghold, now faces a future under the leadership of a democratic socialist.
