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Working Full Time and Functionally Broke

Millions in the Golden State are failing to keep on the right side of the growing wealth divide.

Capital & Main · Mar 30, 2023

New Mexico Legislature Fails IPCC Test

Record-shattering budget from oil and gas fuels a spending spree on everything except regulating oil and gas.

Capital & Main · Mar 29, 2023

Teachers Union Head Says Critical Race Theory Bans Are a Front for School Privatization

American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten says GOP has an “intentional strategy” to sow distrust of public schools.

Capital & Main · Mar 29, 2023

LAUSD’s $4.9 Billion Question

The district’s massive cash reserve could cover the demands of striking workers. There is a way, but is there the will?

Capital & Main · Mar 23, 2023

Crypto Mining at Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.

Capital & Main · Mar 22, 2023

‘We’re Doing Jobs it Should Take Three People to Do.’

LAUSD bus driver says their three-day strike is about both pay and working conditions.

Capital & Main · Mar 21, 2023

Banks Promote Climate Pledges But Keep Increasing Their Financing of Fossil Fuel Production

National day of protest will target JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Bank of America and Wells Fargo as new U.N. report warns of catastrophic climate impacts.

Capital & Main · Mar 21, 2023

California’s Drought Is Not Over

Following the power and the money for the stories deeper than atmospheric rivers.

Capital & Main · Mar 20, 2023

Despite Rules, New Mexico Oil and Gas Producers Keep Polluting

A tour of the Permian Basin highlights weak enforcement by state and federal agencies.

Capital & Main · Mar 17, 2023

Dragging California’s Child Care Crisis Into the Light

With parents forced to quit work to replace workers they can’t afford, the child care system is in full disarray.

Capital & Main · Mar 16, 2023