EnvironmentMore Than 90 Percent of Californians Live With Unhealthy AirApril 18, 2017 | Amy QuintonCalifornia is home to most of the top ten cities in the nation with air pollution from smog and soot. A new report shows pollution has spiked in the Central Valley. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentState Lawmaker Sheds Light On How Prescription Drug Prices Are SetApril 18, 2017 | Sally LongeneckerDemocratic Assemblyman Jim Wood's bill would target the "middlemen" who are hired by health insurance companies to negotiate lower drug prices. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
EnvironmentNASA: Central Sierra Nevada Snowpack Larger Than Previous Four Years CombinedApril 18, 2017 | Randol WhiteThe Central Sierra Nevada snowpack this year is larger than the previous four years combined, according to new data from NASA.
State GovernmentAudit Finds Loose Oversight Of Disabled Placards In CaliforniaApril 18, 2017 | Ben BradfordMore than a million permits for disabled drivers and riders handed out by the California Department of Motor Vehicles over three years were questionably approved. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezSingle Payer Healthcare: Plausible Or A Pipe Dream? April 18, 2017 | Chris RemingtonThere’s a renewed push to establish a single-payer healthcare system in California and across the United States. The filmmakers behind the new documentary “Now is the Time” join former Sacramento County Public Health Officer Glennah Trochet. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCalifornia Senate Approves Projects Linked To Gas Tax HikeApril 17, 2017(AP) - The California Senate has approved more than $900 million worth of road and train projects that were promised to lawmakers in order to secure their support for a hike in gas taxes and vehicle fees.
State GovernmentCalifornia Secession Effort Called OffApril 17, 2017 | Ben BradfordSay goodbye to “Cal-Exit.” The California secession effort will no longer try to qualify a ballot initiative, its author said today Monday, after media outlets turned up his connections to the Russian governmen Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentLess Manufacturing, Inclusion Of Wine And Liquor Bottles Proposed In New Recycling BillApril 17, 2017 | Daniel PotterA California senator hopes to reformat the decades-old recycling system by including wine and liquor bottles as recyclable goods. His bill would also require a percentage of bottles from manufacturers to come from recyclables. Listen /Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
Insight With Vicki GonzalezPolitical Junkie: North Korea Militarization, Trump's Tax Day March ResponseApril 17, 2017 | Cody DrabblePolitical Junkie Ken Rudin focuses his weekly analysis on Trump's response to North Korea's militarization and the Saturday Tax Day March. Listen / download audio Update RequiredTo play audio, update browser or Flash plugin.
State GovernmentCalif. Air Resources Board Asks Federal Government To Toughen Train Emission StandardsApril 14, 2017California's top air quality agency is asking the federal government to toughen emission standards for trains.
