Month: April 2022
California terminates contract with COVID-19 testing lab
California is quietly ending its contract with the Valencia Branch Laboratory, a $25 million COVID-19 testing lab, breaking off a no-bid contract worth up to…
Permanent daylight saving time in California is one step closer
A bill that would make daylight saving time the year-round standard in California has cleared its first hurdle in the Legislature. The bill, which advanced…
Anti-Vaccine Ideology Gains Ground as Lawmakers Seek to Erode Rules for Kids’ Shots
Not long ago, Kansas showed strong bipartisan support for vaccines as a tool to support a robust public health system. But bills with language expanding religious…
California lawmakers target firearm marketing, ghost guns
A California bill that would make it possible for victims of gun violence, local governments and the state’s Attorney General to sue gun makers and…
The Greens want Medicare to cover a trip to the dentist. It’s a grand vision but short on details
Universal and affordable access to dental care is the perennial health-care issue everyone cares about but no major political party seems willing to address in…
California bill would allow affordable housing in office, retail, parking areas
To address the state’s housing crisis, California lawmakers could consider a new proposal to make commercial sites available for affordable housing construction. Assembly Bill 2011,…
Why we can’t ‘boost’ our way out of the COVID-19 pandemic for the long term
With yet another COVID-19 booster available for vulnerable populations in the U.S., many people find themselves wondering what the end game will be. The mRNA vaccines currently used in the…
Most California voters say they pay too much state, federal taxes
Roughly two-thirds of California voters believe the federal and state taxes their families must pay are too high, according to new polling data from the University of…
California puts school COVID-19 vaccine mandate on hold
California will hold off implementing plans to require the COVID-19 vaccine for school children until July 2023, state officials announced Thursday afternoon. The state’s vaccine…
Battle Lines Are Drawn Over California Deal With Kaiser Permanente
California counties, health insurance plans, community clinics, and a major national health care labor union are lining up against a controversial deal to grant HMO…
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