The Senate-approved bill could expand athlete compensation while creating national rules for NIL, transfers and eligibility across college sports.
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California’s Community News Act could financially support local newsrooms
Governor Newsom is scheduled to sign the Community News Act by today’s deadline, a bill designed to provide refundable tax credits to California newsrooms to combat declining local journalism employment.
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California’s Get The Feds Out Act would create stricter hiring processes for former ICE employees
Governor Newsom has two days remaining to decide whether to sign the Get The Feds Out Act, a bill that would implement stricter hiring suitability reviews for former ICE officers seeking public employment in California.
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New bill prevents Artificial Intelligence from taking Cal State jobs
Governor Gavin Newsom signed a new bill into law, preventing Artificial Intelligence from replacing staff and faculty positions within the Cal State system.
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Keeping health care in human minds: Can AI be trusted to maintain patient confidentiality?
The California Assembly is currently debating the role of AI in the health care system, with the introduction of AB 1979, which aims to protect patient privacy and ensure that AI is used as a tool to assist human clinicians, not replace them.
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Steve Hilton, Xavier Becerra lead primary governor race
California governor candidates Steve Hilton and Xavier Becerra are likely to move forward to the general election based on current vote count published by the California Clerk’s Office. Hilton received 1,386,966 votes counted by Wednesday morning, which is 27.8% of the votes counted from the California Secretary of State. Becerra is second with 1,267,070 votes […]
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Meet the three candidates running for San Luis Obispo clerk-recorder
Three candidates are running for the San Luis Obispo Clerk-Recorder position, with Eliana Cano focusing on security and transparency, Vanessa Rozo advocating for mail-in ballots, and Gaea Powell pushing for stricter voting laws and facing election fraud charges.
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Assemblymember rundown: Who is running to represent the Central Coast?
The 2026 primary election for California’s District 30 Assemblymember has three front-running candidates, Dawn Addis, Shannon Kessler and Susannah Brown, who are all focused on affordability, housing and environmental issues for the local community and Cal Poly students.
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What’s on the June 2 ballot?
In California’s primary election on June 2, voters will see candidates for Board of Supervisors, County Superintendent of Schools, County Assessor, County Clerk Recorder, Auditor-Controller-Treasurer-Tax Collector-Public Administrator, California Legislature, U.S. Congress, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney General, State Treasurer, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Insurance Commissioner, and Board of Equalization.
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Assemblymember Addis seeks to protect student privacy through new bill
Assemblymember Dawn Addis authored AB 1159 to extend personal privacy protections found in K-12 education into higher education, preventing educational technology from using student data to train and develop AI and allowing violated students to file civil suits against tech companies violating privacy protection laws.
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A round-up of candidates for California governor
The California primary election on June 2 will feature eight candidates, six Democrats and two Republicans, vying for the governorship, with priorities ranging from healthcare and housing to education and crime.