Laura J. Nelson

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Your guide to Proposition 50: California redistricting

Proposition 50 is part of a spiraling national fight over redistricting, instigated by President Trump, that could determine…

California lawmakers pass bill to grant priority college admission for descendants of slavery

State lawmakers on Friday advanced a plan that would allow California colleges to offer preferential admission to students…

California’s redrawn congressional districts could be bad news for these Republicans

California Democrats and Texas Republicans are in an old-fashioned standoff, threatening to redraw their congressional maps in an…

Millions of Californians may lose health coverage because of new Medicaid work requirements

The nation's first mandated work requirement for Medicaid recepients, approved by the Republican-led Congress and signed by President…