Despite Apocalyptic Warnings, California Fast Food Wage Hike Didn’t Kill Jobs UC Berkeley study finds employment held steady — and only pennies were added to menu prices. Capital & Main · Apr 9
As Shrinking Colorado River Imperils California Agriculture, Data Centers Seek More Water Imperial Valley’s only water source continues to decline due to overuse, drought and climate change, leaving industries and residents grappling with the implications. Capital & Main · Apr 8
Will Americans Keep Paying a ‘Tariff Tax’? Companies are seeking refunds from the federal government following the Supreme Court ruling — but consumers may still be stuck with higher prices. Capital & Main · Apr 8
As States Spend Millions to Woo Data Centers, Colorado Is Having a Reckoning Legislators debate a possible moratorium while residents take their demands and health fears directly to a data center developer. Capital & Main · Apr 7
Oil Companies Accused of Massive Accounting Fraud in New Mexico Suit claims ExxonMobil and others underreported debts by $194 million, calling it “a playbook” for how companies dump old wells and expenses on states. Capital & Main · Apr 6
The Common Ground of the Climate and ‘ICE Out’ Movements Sunrise Movement and environmental groups see fighting Capital & Main · Apr 3
A Drying Colorado River Threatens Imperial Valley’s Future Declining flows and the warming climate imperil farms, green energy projects and the economy of one of California’s poorest counties. Capital & Main · Apr 2
‘We Just Want Life to Be Sustainable’: LAUSD Workers Near Strike in Contract Fight As the April 14 strike deadline looms, teachers and support staff remain at an impasse with a district strained by high housing costs and declining enrollment. Capital & Main · Apr 2
Newsom Promised California a Lithium Bonanza. It Still Hasn’t Arrived. Local officials blame environmentalists for long delays, but politics, technology and markets are the culprits. Capital & Main · Apr 1
She Wrote a Book on Sexual Harassment in the Labor Movement. The Cesar Chavez Allegations Don’t Surprise Her. Labor lawyer Ana Avendaño says unions must do more to protect women. Capital & Main · Mar 30
The Social Care Company Trying to Undermine the U.S. Labor Board Findhelp is a public benefit corporation that wants the structure of the National Labor Relations Board held unconstitutional. Critics say those things don’t square. Capital & Main · Mar 27
The Least-Bad Option: A County Sales Tax to Save California Health Clinics Bay Area and L.A. residents weigh a regressive fix as funding cuts threaten basic care for the uninsured. Capital & Main · Mar 26
Capital & Main Wins Five Best in Business Awards from National Journalism Contest An investigation into California’s failure to protect underage farmworkers was among the entries that won prizes from the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing. Capital & Main · Mar 26
It’s Getting Tougher to Teach LGBTQ History, Even Where It’s Required by Law California law requires public schools to teach about the contributions of LGBTQ people. Teachers say that’s only getting harder under Trump. Capital & Main · Mar 24
Capital & Main · Mar 20 Is Kaiser’s Labor-Management Model Unraveling? Health care workers say the system’s push for growth is undermining a once-vaunted partnership — and affecting patients.
Capital & Main · Mar 19 More States Are Taxing the Ultra-Rich — Washington Is the Latest As inequality grows, states are stepping up where the federal government hasn’t.
Capital & Main · Mar 18 ‘There Is a Cost to Telling the Truth.’ But Georgia Fort Is Undeterred. A Minnesota journalist, arrested for covering a protest, reflects on standing up to power and how the Black press keeps the U.S. honest about its history.
Capital & Main · Mar 17 The Video That Changed the Narrative of a Fatal Beating on the Border Ashley Young became part of a growing legion to bear witness to state violence at the hands of U.S. immigration officials.
Capital & Main · Mar 16 From Invisibility to Inclusion: A ‘Generational Shift’ on Menopause Care Menopause is an inevitable life stage for women, but many don't receive adequate medical care. New California legislation aims to expand access, but excludes millions on Medi-Cal.
Capital & Main · Mar 13 ‘My Lungs Had Nothing Left.’ Inside The Epidemic Killing Countertop Stonecutters. A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.
Capital & Main · Mar 12 Kaiser Therapists Plan Strike Over Proposed AI Use, Chronic Understaffing Regulators are again fining the health care giant for inadequate investment in mental health care.
Capital & Main · Mar 11 A Year After USAID’s Termination: The Impact Has Been ‘Devastating’ In the face of death and disease, global health workers struggle to keep hope alive.
Capital & Main · Mar 10 Climate Chilled at New Mexico Legislature — Again Thanks to bills that did pass, state will divert money to pay for industry problems: abandoned wells and induced earthquakes.
Capital & Main · Mar 9 Airbnb Says More Short-Term Rentals Will Boost L.A.’s Budget. Opponents Say It Won’t Work. Stricter enforcement could bring in millions as Olympics approach, housing advocates counter.
Capital & Main · Mar 5 Federal Cuts Revive a California Lawmaker’s Push for Single-Payer Health Care Assemblymember Ash Kalra says attacks on the Affordable Care Act underscore the urgency of creating state-run health insurance.