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- Sep 9, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for The Mercury News
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- Aug 13, 2026
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Taves: California’s Legislature just took on monopolies. Your turn, Gov. Newsom. Sign the COMPETE Act. (opens the original)
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Late last month, California’s legislators did the improbable: They stood up to the best-funded, most ruthless corporate lobbies in the state — the ones that spend millions on negative campaign ads when defied — and said, “No.” Assembly Bill 1776 was one among a flurry of new bills that passed the Legislature in the final days of the session last week. But this isn’t like any other bill awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature. Introduced earlier this year by Assembly Majority Leader Cecilia Aguiar
Taves: Trump finds a new excuse to play games with California’s cash (opens the original)
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The Trump administration wants us to know it cares a lot about health care fraud. Late last month, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced his department was “deferring” nearly $870 million in Medicaid payments to California and approximately $199 million to Minnesota. Because the administration says it suspects those states’ public health insurance systems are overrun by fraud. “CMS is done trying to chase down stolen and misused funds,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of Center for
Taves: What I learned from interviewing 49 candidates on Bay Area ballots (opens the original)
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This spring, as part of the endorsement process of this news organization’s editorial board, I spoke with 49 candidates for elected office in California. That meant hourlong Zoom calls with candidates up and down the ballots of voters in our four core counties — Santa Clara, San Mateo, Alameda and Contra Costa. Think people running for municipal roles, such as city council; county jobs, such as assessor, district attorney, superintendent of schools, supervisor and clerk-recorder; California offi
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