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California state Senate President Pro Tem Toni Atkins, of San Diego, speaks on the floor of the Senate in Sacramento, Calif., on Sept. 12, 2019. Atkins on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, called for the state to end its ban on state-funded travel to states with policies that discriminate against LGBTQ people. The ban now covers almost half of the 50 states and Atkins says it has put a burden on academic researchers and sports teams at public colleges and universities. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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California may end travel ban to states with anti-LGBTQ laws
By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press
Wed,03/29/23-5:02PM , 295 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When North Carolina in 2016 banned transgender people from using the bathroom of their gender identity in public buildings, California retaliated by banning state-funded travel to that state and any other state with laws it deemed discriminatory against LGBTQ people.
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Thomas Marshall shows off the kitchen in his one bedroom apartment, in Sacramento, Calif., on February 24, 2023. Marshall, who had been homeless, got the apartment through a program championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, to use some of the state's Medicaid money to pay for up to six months of housing for some people, including those who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli)

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California looks to spend some Medicaid money on housing
By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press
Sun,03/26/23-7:14AM , 292 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — At the start of 2022, Thomas Marshall weighed 311 pounds. He had been hospitalized 10 times in five years, including six surgeries.
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California state Sen. Nancy Skinner, D-Berkeley, speaks on the floor of the California Senate on May 30, 2018. Skinner on Friday, March 17, 2023, announced a bill in the state Legislature that aims to provide legal protections to health care providers who mail abortion pills to patients in other states. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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California bill to protect doctors who mail abortion pills
By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press
Fri,03/17/23-12:26AM , 413 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Doctors in California who mail abortion pills to people in other states would be protected from prosecution under a new bill announced Friday in the state Legislature.
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In this Jan. 12, 2016, file photo, a ride share car displays Lyft and Uber stickers on its front windshield in downtown Los Angeles. A California appeals court ruled Monday, March 13, 2023, that a voter-backed initiative exempting Uber and Lyft from a key provision of state employment law is constitutional, a reversal of a lower court decision that marks a win for the ride-hailing giants. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

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California court rules for Uber, Lyft in ride-hailing case
By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press
Mon,03/13/23-8:30PM , 339 Reads
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled Monday, allowing the tech giants to bypass other state laws requiring worker protections and benefits.
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