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Modernization of California’s landmark Political Reform Act announced
610 200 Ed Coghlan

Project to update California’s venerable political ethics law for the 21st century has kicked off and will include public webinar and input phases

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The Politics of Prosperity
610 200 Lucia Navarro and Victor Abalos

New report reveals Latinos’ access to the American Dream is at risk because of a “representation gap” in high-level offices

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Blowing the Whistle: It’s Harder Than You Think
610 200 Caitlin Maple

California state employee whistleblowers are legally protected, except those working for the Legislature. Yet a widely supported bill to change that has had trouble passing.

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Commentary: Invest in training to revitalize California manufacturing
580 200 Sean Randolph

The next generation of manufacturing could use 3-D printing and other new technology, but building those industries will take investment in training.

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How insufficient funding can undermine elections
610 200 Amber Nelson

Election officials are taking stock of how smoothly California’s primary elections ran, while dealing with long-standing funding problems.

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California Economy Wrapup: Unemployment rate continues downward trend
580 200 John Guenther

The state’s unemployment rate hits 5.2 percent, the state is named sixth largest economy in the world and its workforce training gets a big boost.

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