Experts say that policies such as higher taxes on the wealthy and expanded child care are both effective and popular.
The bill would have made it easier to file heat-related workers’ compensation. A Capital & Main investigation found field safety inspections fell 30% in seven years.
To achieve consistent pay and benefits, IHSS workers seek to negotiate directly with the state instead of with 58 individual counties.
Where prisons are located, the way they are built, and the health condition of prisoners means deaths will likely increase with climate change, experts say.
Proposition 4 would fund infrastructure to relieve brutally hot days such as those that just scorched Los Angeles.
Trump and running mate JD Vance court workers, but the former president targeted unions and labor rights while in office.
Faculty, students, labor groups and the American Civil Liberties Union say the harder line on demonstrations may be discriminatory.
Ray Suarez explores immigrants’ struggles and hopes in the United States as they strive to make this country their place of belonging.
In the face of extreme heat and rising sea levels, the state is welcoming billions of dollars in clean-energy projects.
With billions up for grabs and scores of air quality violations to its name, CNX tries to recast itself as a climate warrior.