Newsom vetoes bill focused on school funding for at-risk students
By Mackenzie Mays 09/30/2020 11:35 PM EDT Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed legislation Wednesday that would have required California to better track its school funding process in an attempt to ensure that dollars intended for at-risk students actually reach them. The governor said he instead wants to work through the budget process next year to have […]
California raises bar for county reopening by adding ‘equity’ requirement
By POLITICO California Staff 09/30/2020 08:58 PM EDT The state Department of Public Health is adding a new “equity metric” that counties must meet to advance to a less restrictive coronavirus tier, officials announced Wednesday afternoon. Under the new rule, larger counties must now show that their most disadvantaged neighborhoods also have declining infection numbers in […]
Newsom signs racial justice bills on corporate board diversity, reparations, courts
By Alexander Nieves09/30/2020 05:31 PM EDT Updated: 09/30/2020 05:42 PM EDT Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday signed bills aimed at addressing systematic racism in California’s court system and corporate boardrooms, as well as studying reparations for African Americans. Impact: Lawmakers said during a virtual bill-signing event that they introduced many proposals before the Minneapolis police killing […]
‘Acceptable carnage’: Big school districts wrestle with reopening
By Andrew Atterbury , Nicole Gaudiano , Mackenzie Mays , Juan Perez Jr. , Madina Touré 09/30/2020 12:59 PM EDT Months into a pandemic that cut short one school year for most students and is on the verge of destroying a second, the country’s largest school districts are still grappling with how to get back into the […]
U.S. bars palm oil imports from large Malaysian producer
By Doug Palmer09/30/2020 11:41 AM EDT Updated: 09/30/2020 06:02 PM EDT U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Wednesday it was barring imports of palm oil from a large Malaysian producer because of evidence the oil is produced with forced labor. Why CBP took the step: The order against FGV Holdings Berhad and its subsidiaries and joint […]
Trump signs stopgap spending measure to avert a shutdown
By Caitlin Emma09/30/2020 06:18 PM EDT Updated: 10/01/2020 07:08 AM EDT President Donald Trump signed a stopgap spending bill to avert a government shutdown early Thursday morning after briefly missing the midnight deadline for his signature, averting an unlikely but potentially disastrous scenario that would kneecap federal agencies in the weeks before the presidential election. […]
House approves stopgap spending measure to avert shutdown
By Sarah Ferris , Caitlin Emma , Heather Caygle09/22/2020 11:38 AM EDT Updated: 09/22/2020 09:01 PM EDT The House on Tuesday overwhelmingly voted to extend federal funding through Dec. 11, while punting the threat of a government shutdown until after the presidential election. The bipartisan vote comes hours after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven […]
Senate confirms Democratic EEOC Commissioner, restoring full panel
By Rebecca Rainey 09/23/2020 06:00 PM EDT The Senate on Wednesday voted 54-42 to confirm Jocelyn Samuels to serve as a member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The upper chamber’s confirmation of Samuels for a Democratic seat, following the approval of two GOP EEOC nominees on Tuesday, means the agency will have a full […]
Trump preparing executive orders on health care this week
By Susannah Luthi , Daniel Lippman , Dan Diamond 09/22/2020 02:51 PM EDT Updated: 09/22/2020 03:03 PM EDT President Donald Trump is planning to announce a series of executive actions on health care as soon as Thursday, as he tries to shore up his record on an issue that’s been a drag on his reelection […]
Newsom bans new gas cars — and begs Trump for a fight
By Colby Bermel , Carla Marinucci , Alex Guillén09/23/2020 01:36 PM EDT Updated: 09/23/2020 09:24 PM EDT SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the state Wednesday to ban new gas vehicles within 15 years, a rebuke to President Donald Trump and other federal leaders already challenging the state’s strict fuel economy rules. Newsom made […]
