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Fires put pressure on California utilities despite new pro-company law

November 15, 2018 By Jonathan J. Cooper

"There is a problem when the motive is profit, and that just may not be the right motive for providing utility services.”

California governor signs bail reform; gun control measures advance

August 30, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

When Gov. Jerry Brown signed Senate Bill 10, the California Bail Reform Act, on Aug. 28, the state took a step no other state has yet taken.

GOP guest worker (zombie bill) lives on

July 3, 2018 By David Bacon

The Republican effort to pass a comprehensive immigration reform bill went down in flames for the second time in a month.

New farm bill contains sneak attack on environment with toxic pesticides

May 15, 2018 By Derrick Z. Jackson

If fish could wail, they would scream over the lethal powers granted to the U.S. EPA, in part of the draft farm bill recently rolled out.

This week in history: Fair housing becomes the law of the land

April 9, 2018 By Special to People’s World

The Fair Housing Act of 1968 prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin or sex.