New Election Tally, Same Results

By Kimberly Wear on July 1, 2022 at 4:35PM

California Climate Rules Won’t be Undercut by Supreme Court’s Ruling, Experts Say

By Nadia Lopez/CalMatters on July 1, 2022 at 12:56PM

“The opinion takes away one of the EPA’s tools to address climate change going forward,” said UCLA law professor Blake Emerson. “But the broader significance is that it’s going to provide a precedent for both the Supreme Court itself and the lower courts to strike down federal regulations, both with regards to the environment and with regards to market regulation and public health and safety if those courts think that the agency has taken a really major policy position.” 

County, Paz Dominguez Reach $100k Separation Agreement

By Kimberly Wear on June 30, 2022 at 5:44PM

The county of Humboldt and embattled county Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez have reached an agreement that has her stepping down effective July 1 and receiving a  payment of just more than $92,000, including her salary and

Deal is Close on Recycling California’s Plastic Trash

By Sameea Kamal/CalMatters on June 29, 2022 at 2:56PM

Deal or no deal? Most likely, deal.

Climate-friendly Cement? California Takes on a High-Carbon Industry

By Nadia Lopez/CalMatters on June 28, 2022 at 1:02PM

Dust swirls in the air at a cement factory on the outskirts of Redding as mud-caked tires travel along a wide conveyor belt. The tires are carried up 90 feet into a smoldering-hot incinerator, where they’re used as fuel for firing a kiln. 

Hundreds Rally for Reproductive Rights in Eureka, Arcata

By Kimberly Wear on June 26, 2022 at 3:30PM

Arroyo Headed to Fourth District Seat; Runoff in the Clerk-Recorder, Registrar of Voters Race

By Kimberly Wear on June 24, 2022 at 3:39PM

Local Protests Planned in Wake of Roe Ruling, Area Representatives Weigh in

By Kimberly Wear on June 24, 2022 at 1:11PM

After Roe: What Happens to Abortion in California?

By Alexei Koseff/CalMatters on June 24, 2022 at 10:46AM

The constitutional right to abortion in the United States is no more. Today the U.S. Supreme Court struck down its landmark Roe v. Wade precedent in a 5-4 decision, ending nearly 50 years of guaranteed abortion access for American women.

Supreme Court Ruling Puts Target on California Concealed Carry Law

By Ben Christopher, CALmatters on June 23, 2022 at 7:52PM

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of its most significant gun law rulings in more than a decade, tossing out New York state’s tight restrictions on who can carry a concealed gun in public. Gun rights activists are celebrating the 6-3 decision, while advocates for stricter gun laws decry it.