Public Policy Tipoffs Involving California
AEI Report Alleges Ideological Imbalance in Graduate Teacher Training
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Enterprise Institute issued 'Pedagogy of the Progressives: A Review of Syllabi from Graduate Schools of Education,' by Daniel Buck. Issued Sept. 9, 2026, the report reviews more than 400 assigned readings from 75 courses at eight graduate schools of education and argues that several teacher-preparation programs emphasize progressive and critical-theory frameworks over classroom instruction, subject knowledge and management practices.
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AEI Review Finds Limited Evidence That Guaranteed Income Pilots Raise Employment
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The American Enterprise Institute issued 'What Can We Learn from Guaranteed Basic Income Pilots in the United States? Evidence on Employment Effects,' by Kevin Corinth and Hannah Mayhew. Issued Sept. 11, 2026, the report reviews guaranteed basic income experiments conducted from 2017 through 2025 and finds that employment effects across published randomized trials clustered near zero, while the largest studies showed moderately lower employment consistent with p
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Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Central Maine Medical Center nurses to hold picket in solidarity with striking nurses in Illinois
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Registered nurses at Central Maine Medical Center (CMMC) in Lewiston, Maine will hold an informational picket on Tuesday, September 15 in solidarity with nurse colleagues within the Prime Healthcare hospital system who are on strike on the same day at Olympia Fields Hospital i
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Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle & USLege Launch Capitol Confidential Pro With Searchable Government Video Transcripts & Sacramento Political Reporting & Analysis
NEW YORK, Sept. 9 (TNSxrep) -- Hearst Newspapers, a part of Hearst Communications Inc., issued the following news release:
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Hearst Newspapers, San Francisco Chronicle & USLege Launch Capitol Confidential Pro With Searchable Government Video Transcripts & Sacramento Political Reporting & Analysis
New platform connects California legislative activity with sponsor actions and statements made across state and local government meetings to show which bills in Sacramento are gaining momentum, w
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Keysight to Demonstrate End-to-End Solutions for Scaling AI Infrastructure at ECOC 2026
SANTA ROSA, California, Sept. 9 -- Keysight Technologies, a global electronic measurement technology and market solutions provider, issued the following news release:
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Keysight to Demonstrate End-to-End Solutions for Scaling AI Infrastructure at ECOC 2026
What: At ECOC 2026, Keysight Technologies will demonstrate solutions that help engineers design, characterize, validate, benchmark, and scale the high-speed optical and AI infrastructure required for next-generation data centers. Highli
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LEADER JEFFRIES ON ABC: "DONALD TRUMP HAS BROKEN EVERY PROMISE THAT HE'S PRESENTED"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (Rep.) -- House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:
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LEADER JEFFRIES ON ABC: "DONALD TRUMP HAS BROKEN EVERY PROMISE THAT HE'S PRESENTED"
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Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, where he made clear that while Republicans have abandoned the American people, House Democrats will continue to fight hard for an affordable America.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: We're jo
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LEADER JEFFRIES ON ABC: "DONALD TRUMP HAS BROKEN EVERY PROMISE THAT HE'S PRESENTED"
WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-New York, issued the following news release:
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LEADER JEFFRIES ON ABC: "DONALD TRUMP HAS BROKEN EVERY PROMISE THAT HE'S PRESENTED"
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Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appeared on ABC's This Week with George Stephanopoulos, where he made clear that while Republicans have abandoned the American people, House Democrats will continue to fight hard for an affordable America.
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: We're joined now by the House Demo
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Modoc County Urges Return of Local Control in Forest Management Amid Wildfire Concerns
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 -- In response to a federal agency request for information, the following public comment letter was submitted electronically to the regulations.gov site.
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Modoc County
Board of Supervisors
Established in 1874 204 S. Court Street Alturas, California 96101
Phone: (530) 233-6201
September 8, 2026
Joshua White, Acting Director Ecosystem Management Coordination 201 14th Street SW, Mailstop 1108 Washington, D.C. 20250-1124
RE: Comments: 2001 Roadless Area
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Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Nurses to sympathy strike, picket on September 15 at five Prime Healthcare hospitals in four states
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Registered nurses at three Prime Healthcare hospitals in two states -Saint Mary's Regional Medical Center in Reno, Nevada; West Anaheim Medical Center in Anaheim, California; and nurses and health care workers at Shasta Regional Medical Center in Redding, California -will ho
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NYU Steinhardt: IHDSC Affiliates Design Digital Tools to Advance Research, Policy, and Community Connectivity
NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- The New York University Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development issued the following news:
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IHDSC Affiliates Design Digital Tools to Advance Research, Policy, and Community Connectivity
Posted September 08, 2026
Digital tools and applications (apps) hold great promise for making data and resources available to a wide range of stakeholders and communities. Two IHDSC affiliate teams recently designed and launched apps that tackle wide-reaching c
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Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15
SILVER SPRING, Maryland, Sept. 13 [Category: Union] -- National Nurses United issued the following news release:
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Olympia Fields nurses to hold one-day strike, Saint Mary's nurses to picket on September 15
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Registered nurses at Olympia Fields Hospital in Olympia Fields, Illinois, will hold a strike for one day on September 15 to protest the administration's retaliation against nurses who speak up and fight for their patients, announced National Nurses Organizing Committee (NNOC), an af
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Rand Report: An Analysis of Zearn Math Implementation Costs
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 14, 2026, entitled "An Analysis of Zearn Math Implementation Costs."
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Recent declines in U.S. student math performance, exacerbated by pandemic-related learning losses, have renewed attention on improving math instruction, particularly in late elementary grades, when students develop foundational skills for algebra and science, technology, engineering, and math success.
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Rand Report: Conventional Logics, Nuclear Fears
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 10, 2026, entitled "Conventional logics, nuclear fears."
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This report examines the risk of inadvertent escalation between NATO and Russia, whereby the use of conventional weapons by one side could be misperceived by the other as an intentional existential threat to its nuclear deterrent, regime or society. Unlike deliberate or accidental escalation, inadvertent escalati
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Rand Report: How States Align Postsecondary and Workforce Strategies
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 8, 2026, entitled "How States Align Postsecondary and Workforce Strategies."
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State policymakers want to align postsecondary education and workforce development systems, yet limited research systematically examines how states do so. This report presents a first-ever analysis of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) plans submitted by U.S. states and territorie
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Rand Report: Implementation and Outcome Evaluation of LA DOOR, a Proposition 47-Funded Program in Los Angeles
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 10, 2026, entitled "Implementation and Outcome Evaluation of LA DOOR, a Proposition 47-Funded Program in Los Angeles."
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LA DOOR, funded by Proposition 47 grants from the California Board of State and Community Correction , provides voluntary, health-focused services to Los Angeles adults with current or prior justice involvement and substance use or mental health needs.
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Rand Report: Los Angeles County Public Defender Attorney Workload Study
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 10, 2026, entitled "Los Angeles County Public Defender Attorney Workload Study."
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The Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office (LACPD) is the largest public defense agency in the United States, serving nearly 10 million residents across a vast and diverse region and employing more than 700 attorneys. For an office of LACPD's scale and complexity, understanding worklo
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Rand Report: Open-Weight AI Models May Increase Biological Misuse Risks
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 14, 2026, entitled "Open-Weight AI Models May Increase Biological Misuse Risks."
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Open-weight LLMs can be freely downloaded and modified, creating benefits but also biosecurity risks. We examine whether frontier open-weight LLMs can be modified for malicious biological purposes. We find that removing an LLM's safety training is highly feasible, while enhancing an LLM's
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Rand Report: Public Procurement and AI Governance
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 11, 2026, entitled "Public procurement and AI governance."
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Frontier AI capabilities are concentrated among a small number of private firms headquartered in the United States and China. For states which neither develop nor host leading models, this concentration creates a dependence on foreign AI providers whose capabilities they often cannot independently evaluate and
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Rand Report: What Can Public Data Tell Us About Corporate Support for Veterans?
SANTA MONICA, California, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- Rand Report issued the following report on September 9, 2026, entitled "What Can Public Data Tell Us About Corporate Support for Veterans?"
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Major U.S. corporations frequently make visible commitments to hiring and supporting veterans, yet limited evidence shows whether those commitments translate into sustained employment, advancement, or financial investment. The authors examined the gap between corporate statements and
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Report From American Economic Liberties Project: Single-Family Rentals, Build-to-Rent, and Undoing the Corporate Capture of Housing
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSCrpt) -- PHOENIX CASE STUDY: Single-Family Rentals, Build-to-Rent, and Undoing the Corporate Capture of Housing - A report from American Economic Liberties Project - September 2026 (28 pages) - Authored by Laurel Kilgour and Allie Gross
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FOREWORD
The American Dream of home ownership is quietly being replaced with permanent tenancy. Over the last two decades, Wall Street firms have transformed Phoenix into one of the country's top markets for corporate-owned singl
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Report From Democracy Forward: Back to School, and Back in Court: The Weaponization of Mahmoud V. Taylor
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSCrpt) -- Back to School, and Back in Court: The Weaponization of Mahmoud v. Taylor - A report from Democracy Forward - September 2026 (22 pages)
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Overview
Inclusive education remains lawful, but it faces an organized campaign to narrow its reach. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Mahmoud v. Taylor that the Montgomery County Board of Education in Maryland must reinstate a policy providing advance notice and an opportunity to opt out for parents who do not
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SETI Institute: Researchers Propose Searching the Moon for Microscopic Technosignatures
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California, Sept. 8 (TNSxrep) -- SETI Institute, a research and education organization whose mission is to lead humanity's quest to understand the origins and prevalence of life and intelligence in the Universe, issued the following news release:
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Researchers Propose Searching the Moon for Microscopic Technosignatures
New study outlines the first quantitative framework for searching lunar regolith for microscopic technosignatures.
At a Glance
* A new study proposes searc
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USDA Reports Growth in Tile Drainage, Limited Use of Water-Quality Controls
WASHINGTON, Sept. 14 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued Economic Information Bulletin 301, 'Tile Drainage Systems Management and Conservation,' by Daniel Szmurlo, Benjamin M. Gramig, Steven Wallander and Jane Frankenberger. Issued in September 2026, the report finds that U.S. cropland drained by subsurface tile systems grew by about 18 million acres between 1980 and 2022, while use of practices that limit nutrient pollution from those systems remai
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