California California gives Planned Parenthood $140 million boost to keep clinics open By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | October 24, 2025 And still financial troubles loom.
Education Newsom signs first-in-nation law to ban ultraprocessed food in school lunches By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | October 9, 2025 Officials will decide which additives, dyes, and other forms of processing don’t belong in school meals and K-12 cafeterias.
health As RFK pushes MAHA, federal cuts shut down California health and nutrition programs By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | September 15, 2025 Whether federal cuts are legal is still undecided, but local health departments have already made moves to scale back.
California Covered California health insurance will cost more in 2026. Here’s what’s behind the double-digit increase By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | August 15, 2025 Federal subsidies, set to expire at year’s end, are partly to blame.
health Bonta sues Trump administration over Planned Parenthood cuts By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | July 29, 2025 The suit contends Trump's new signature tax law requires states to violate Planned Parenthood’s First Amendment rights.
health Planned Parenthood of California loses $300 million in federal funding under court order By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | July 23, 2025 A previous temporary restraining order that blocked the funding cut for all Planned Parenthood health centers expired Monday.
health How the GOP budget bill will affect the cost of California health insurance By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | July 22, 2025 The biggest hit to consumers came by omission: Trump’s budget bill did not extend enhanced subsidies, which will expire at the end of 2025.
California ‘Shocking’ and ‘plain cruel’: Health advocates say Newsom’s Medi-Cal budget could cripple women’s reproductive care By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | May 19, 2025 The governor said Medi-Cal has a growth problem that the state cannot afford.
health Newsom proposes to freeze Medi-Cal enrollment for undocumented immigrants By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | May 14, 2025 The proposal is a bruising blow from Newsom, who ran for governor on the promise of universal health care.
health Trump clawed back billions in federal health grants. Here’s how much California is losing By Kristen Hwang | CalMatters | March 27, 2025 The CDC intends to “immediately end” pandemic-era funding, which was scheduled to last in some cases until 2027.