The complexity of tax filing is harming Oregonians, but a solution is coming
Momentum is growing to create a tax filing system that will allow people to easily file their tax returns at no cost. (Getty Images) Barely had tax season come to…
God’s dog or devil’s demon: Maybe just grit
The ‘war’ on coyotes continues to this day, doomed to failure and perhaps with effects that are contrary to the intended ones. (Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Policy, politics and…
Get your health care through Covered California? Beware of this tax peril
In summary Every year thousands of Californians are shocked to learn they owe the IRS for their subsidized health plan. Here’s how to avoid it. Every tax season hundreds of…
How shots instead of pills could change California’s homeless crisis
In summary Doctors on the front lines of California’s homelessness and mental health crises are using monthly injections to treat psychosis in their most vulnerable patients. As Dr. Rishi Patel’s…
Chula Vista tried to withhold police drone footage. Then a Latino newspaper fought back
When La Prensa publisher and longtime Chula Vista resident Art Castañares first filed a public records request in 2021 to review video footage from police department drones, he wanted “to…
Benson shares outlook on election law and poll worker protections ahead of November election
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson hosting a press conference during the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference | Kyle Davidson Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told the Michigan Advance one policy she…
States are already collecting more abortion data. And HIPAA won’t always keep it private.
According to the Guttmacher Institute, 15 states already require providers to gather information about a patient’s reason for seeking an abortion, with varying degrees of specificity. Many of those states…
Alabama grower nears first medical cannabis harvest amid licensing delays
Antoine Mordican, CEO of Native Black Cultivation, holds part of a cannabis plant at his growing facility in Bessemer. (Courtesy of Antoine Mordican. Photo by Amir Muhammad, Quail King Productions)…
U.S. Labor Department files child labor complaint against Alabama companies
Workers fabricating metal in factory (Getty) The Department of Labor Thursday filed a complaint against three companies in Alabama regarding the use of child labor. The news release wrote that…
Already outlawed in Missouri, noncitizen voting ban will appear on statewide ballot
A national database run by The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, shows that there have been fewer than 100 cases of voter fraud tied to noncitizens since 2002 (Mario…