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Governor of California Gavin Newsom attends a press conference in Beijing on October 25, 2023. (WANG ZHAO/AFP via Getty Images)

California expands paid sick days and boosts health worker wages

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An armed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officer escorts a condemned inamte at San Quentin State Prison's death row. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

California promises better care for thousands of inmates as they leave prison

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The Pill Club reaches $18.3 million Medicaid fraud settlement with California

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California fire chief arrested in stabbing death

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FILE - In this May 11, 2009 file photo, Former Laotian General Vang Pao, center, is escorted by supporters to the federal courthouse, in Sacramento, Calif. Pao, a former general in the Royal Army of Laos who led thousands of Hmong mercenaries in a CIA backed secret army during the Vietnam War, has died. He was 81. Pao died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2011, after being hospitalized for about 10 days, said Michelle Von Tersch, a spokeswoman for Clovis Community Medical Center. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File) (AP)

Feds drop Laos conspiracy case in California

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California lawmakers pass overdue state budget

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California budget plan relies on accounting maneuvers

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“Tax lady” Roni Deutch faces California fraud lawsuit

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