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The Supreme Court passed on lobster boat tracking. The question will return.

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Frank Thompson's challenge to Maine's rule requiring lobstermen to carry a government GPS tracker on their boats at all times. The denial leaves in p...

2026-10-09

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California and France build on a decade of cooperation with new partnership to strengthen clean energy, protect communities, and grow economic opportunity

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2026-10-09

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Attorney General Bonta Co-Leads Coalition in Opposing Trump Administration’s Cruel Gutting of Head Start Standards

October 6, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday co-led a multistate coalition in submitting acomment letteropposing the U.S. De...

2026-10-06

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The Orange County Register: Washington’s energy permitting fast lane is slow

The federal government is America's largest landowner. For decades, policymakers and experts have assumed that the "quick" way to access resource-rich federal lands works as advertised. New research s...

2026-10-08

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California improves access to CalFresh food benefits, helping college students get up to $306 a month to buy groceries

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2026-10-09

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California Department of Justice Releases Report on Officer-Involved Shooting of Abigail Lopez

October 6, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta, in accordance with Assembly Bill 1506 (AB 1506), today released areporton the death of A...

2026-10-06

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Religious liberty, farming, & climate change coming to the Court

We're back, baby!How was your summer? Sacramento is squeezing in its last gorgeous days of warm weather. The Supreme Court, meanwhile, has had enough of a vacation. Time to get back to work saving the...

2026-10-08

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First Partner Siebel Newsom co-hosts summit elevating social connection as an urgent public health priority at the Vatican

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2026-10-08

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Attorney General Bonta Files Lawsuit Against the Trump Administration for Terminating Funding for Unemployment Insurance System Improvements

October 9, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta, alongside a coalition of 12 attorneys general and two governors, todayfiled a lawsuitcha...

2026-10-06

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The Dispatch: Florence Allen Was More Than a First

Florence Allen's decision to become a lawyer came to her "like a flash out of the blue," a "revelation on high." It was an inconvenient one. When Allen entered law school in 1909, women could not vote...

2026-10-08

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A hollow victory for a California car wash owner

On September 30, a California Labor Commissioner hearing officer dismissed a $249,007 wage citation against Christopher McKenna's Hermosa Beach business, Rock N Roll Car Wash. After a multi-day hearin...

2026-10-08

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One family’s fight to save their multigenerational Idaho potato farm

Author Margaret Mitchell once wrote, "Land is the only thing in the world worth working for, worth fighting for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts."For Jerry Bingham, his family'...

2026-10-05

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The Dispatch: The American Bar Association’s Discriminatory Diversity Push Is Ending—For Now

For more than seven decades, the American Bar Association has been recognized as an authority to accredit law schools. The Department of Education recently recommended revoking that authority, and an ...

2026-10-05

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Governor Newsom announces new swiftwater rescue fleet to strengthen California storm preparedness

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2026-10-08

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Governor Newsom builds nation’s largest state service corps — 50,000 members sworn in since 2019

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2026-10-07

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Governor Newsom announces 35 new films coming to California as independent filmmaking surges and iconic franchises return

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2026-10-07

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California reminds voters to check their mailboxes and return their ballot ASAP!

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2026-10-06

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Attorney General Bonta Defends Cornerstone of U.S. Forest Conservation

October 7, 2026Contact: (916) 210-6000, [email protected]— California Attorney General Rob Bonta co-led a coalition of 17 attorneys general in submitting acomment letteropposing the Trum...

2026-10-06

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Governor Gavin Newsom statement on Donald Trump’s disgusting and disqualifying comments

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2026-10-06

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Governor Newsom announces new disaster intelligence satellites, opens modernized State Operations Center as Trump erodes national disaster readiness

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2026-10-06