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Season 2025
Episode 327
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Small Business Funding at Risk Under Trump, Threatening Jobs
Season 2025
Episode 315
A Trump-ordered federal funding freeze has put billions of dollars in small business loans and grants on hold, causing uncertainty for California entrepreneurs. A legal battle is underway, but business owners fear lasting economic damage.
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Budget cuts could end free access to Compass research materials in 2027.
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New federal report shows homelessness declined in California last year.
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CSU approves new degree options that may take just three years.
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Judges halt law requiring masked federal agents to identify themselves.
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Senior centers offer connection, but face funding and demand challenges.
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Regulators propose a modest cut to utility profit margins.
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Electricity and water use by data centers is rising fast.
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Policy pivots funding to shelter and treatment, cutting long-term housing.
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A mandated opt-out signal could reshape online data control.
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Immigrant driver bans could deepen shortages and lift prices.
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New rule extends timelines to help affordable housing get built.
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California lawmakers passed a new law to ease birth centers to operating outside hospitals.