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To Protect Underage Farmworkers, California Expands Oversight of Field Conditions

State agencies to join forces to crack down on child labor violations after Capital & Main found enforcement breakdowns.

Capital & Main · Dec 5, 2025

Can California Claw Back Some Medi-Cal Care?

Trump's “Beautiful Bill” is set to drive millions of Americans from Medicaid. The Golden State’s leaders are trying to lessen the damage.

Capital & Main · Dec 4, 2025

Home Care Workers Are Losing Minimum Wage Protections — and Fighting Back

Three million care workers, many of them Black and Latina women, could be classified as “companions” instead of professionals.

Capital & Main · Dec 4, 2025

Is the Solution to Hunger All Around Us in Fertile California?

A program in Los Angeles County is recycling unused food to feed hungry residents — and offering a model for other cities.

Capital & Main · Nov 26, 2025

‘I’m Lost in This Country’: Non-Mexicans Living Undocumented After Deportation to Mexico

Cubans and other third-country nationals are dropped off on the streets of Villahermosa where they struggle to survive.

Capital & Main · Nov 25, 2025

California Endures Whipsaw Climate Extremes as Federal Support Withers

Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump

Capital & Main · Nov 24, 2025

Seven Years Into Gov. Newsom’s Tenure, California’s Housing Crisis Remains Unsolved

Despite a burst of new housing laws, buying a home in California is increasingly unattainable – especially for lower-income earners, a new report shows.

Capital & Main · Nov 21, 2025

How Employers and Labor Groups Are Trying to Protect Workers From ICE

Here are some tactics unions and employers at farms, factories, restaurants and other job sites are using to shield employees from immigration raids.

Capital & Main · Nov 19, 2025

After Years of Sparring, Gov. Shapiro Abandons Pennsylvania’s Landmark Climate Initiative  

Environmentalists see decision as 'shocking reversal' on fighting global warming; fossil fuel industry claims it would have led to higher utility bills.

Capital & Main · Nov 18, 2025

Future of Special Education at Risk, Teachers Say, as Trump Moves to Cut Staff and Programs

Special education teachers fear the Trump administration’s funding cuts and layoffs will unravel progress for millions of students with disabilities.

Capital & Main · Nov 18, 2025