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California lawmakers approve fuel tax hike for $52 billion road plan
California lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation to increase gasoline taxes and other transportation-related fees for the first time in decades, to fund an ambitious $52 billion plan to repair the...
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Environmental groups and states are gearing up for a legal battle over...
On March 24, President Trump signed an executive order to forge ahead with the Keystone XL oil pipeline that had been scotched by Obama in 2015.This is the deal to send tons of dirty tar sands...
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California plans to take the lead in fighting climate change and discuss...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown said on Thursday he will discuss merging carbon trading markets in his state and China when he travels to Asia later this week, a sign of the...
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California's governor signs a climate agreement with China
BEIJING (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown predicted Tuesday that President Donald Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord will prove only a temporary setback to reducing...
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California's governor is ramping up his battle with Trump by inviting 'the...
On July 6, California Gov. Jerry Brown will announce that San Francisco will hold its own global climate action summit in September 2018 — with or without President Trump.According to The New York...
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The governor of California and Michael Bloomberg launched a new plan to fight...
Two of the nation's foremost environmental leaders just launched a new plan for the US to fight climate change — with or without the federal government.Governor Jerry Brown of California and former...
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California lawmakers pass extension of landmark climate change law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers moved closer Monday to renewing a climate initiative that Gov. Jerry Brown holds up as a model for confronting global warming to be replicated around the...
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California lawmakers passed a landmark climate change bill — and...
California passed a bill Monday extending its successful "cap-and-trade" program to limit greenhouse gases.Environmental groups are divided over the bill that Governor Jerry Brown touts as a climate...
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California becomes 'sanctuary state' as governor signs bill
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Jerry Brown signed "sanctuary state" legislation Thursday that extends protections for immigrants living in the United States illegally — a move that gives the...
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ICE threatens at-large arrests after California passes sanctuary city law
The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency rebuked Gov. Jerry Brown, D-Calif., on Friday for enacting a statewide sanctuary law for illegal immigrants, and said...
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Death toll reaches 40 as wildfires continue to ravage northern California
SONOMA, Calif. (AP) — They fled in fear nearly a week ago. Now they're ready to go back.While wildfires are still burning powerfully in parts of Northern California, some of the tens of thousands of...
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California is struggling with the largest and deadliest hepatitis A outbreak...
Close to 600 people have been affected by the largest Hep A outbreak to hit the US in decades.Hundreds of people in Southern California have been hospitalized; at least 18 have died.State officials are...
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California legally recognizes third gender option on birth certificates and...
Next year, California will begin legally recognizing a third gender for state residents who do not identify as male or female.Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Gender Recognition Act on Sunday to...
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SANCTUARY SHOWDOWN: Trump's Justice Department is 'going to war' with California
The Trump administration and California are gearing up for a major court battle over "sanctuary cities."The Justice Department sued the state on Tuesday over its laws limiting local cooperation with...
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California has agreed to deploy 400 National Guard troops at Trump's request
California Governor Jerry Brown agreed on Wednesday to deploy 400 National Guard troops after President Donald Trump's requestNot all 400 troops will head to the US-Mexico border and none will arrest...
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California just got rid of the cash bail system for people awaiting criminal...
California will become the first state in the US to eliminate the cash bail system for people awaiting criminal trial.Governor Jerry Brown signed the bill into law on Tuesday and it will go into effect...
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California kicks its climate change fight into overdrive while Trump looks...
California is kicking its climate change fight into overdrive by passing a bill requiring 100% of its energy to come from carbon-free sources by 2045.The move represents the latest in the state's...
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The highest-paid governor in the US insists on wearing 25-year-old sneakers...
Gov. Jerry Brown of California is incredibly frugal, his wife revealed in a recent interview.She said Brown has worn the same pair of sneakers for 25 years and gets upset when she buys him...
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California governor says Trump is 'building the Chinese auto industry' while...
California Gov. Jerry Brown called President Donald Trump the "saboteur" of the American car industry because of his efforts to bolster the fossil-fuel industry over more environmentally friendly...
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The shooting death of a California police officer has reignited a national...
The killing of a California police officer has reignited a national debate over immigration and so-called "sanctuary" laws.Gustavo Perez Arriaga was arrested Friday after a two-day manhunt, and is...
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