Sophie Austin
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EnergyGavin Newsom takes rare step of telling Californians to avoid Chevron: ‘Big Oil is already making billions off Trump’s Iran War’
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressMay 22, 2026
PoliticsTom Steyer runs for California governor on class traitor platform: ‘I’m the billionaire who wants to tax other billionaires’
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressApril 29, 2026
PoliticsCalifornia is angry about billionaires: the one-time wealth tax will be on the ballot in November
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressApril 28, 2026
PoliticsCalifornia drops lawsuit to reinstate federal bullet train funding as high-speed rail authority seeks private investors
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressDecember 27, 2025
PoliticsGavin Newsom hires former CDC officials to work as public health consultants for state of California
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressDecember 15, 2025
EconomyBillionaires’ tax to solve Medicaid funding cuts? Major California union floats one-time policy patch
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressOctober 24, 2025
Energy‘You feel kind of forgotten’: Meet a California pipe fitter who got to $118k earnings after a decade but doesn’t know what’s next after the refinery shuts down
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressOctober 12, 2025
HealthGavin Newsom flexes his own ‘MAHA’ plan as he moves to crack down on ultraprocessed foods in school lunch
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressOctober 9, 2025
EnvironmentCalifornia crowed that it ‘finally beat big oil’ 2 years ago. Regulators just halted the landmark penalty payments
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressAugust 30, 2025
PoliticsTrump administration revokes $4 billion in funding for California high-speed ‘train to nowhere’
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressJuly 17, 2025
PoliticsFederal judge orders Trump administration to release billions in EV charger funding in 14 states
By Sudhin Thanawala, Sophie Austin and The Associated PressJune 25, 2025
PoliticsTrump blocks California’s first-in-the-nation ban on sales of gas-powered cars amid clash with governor over LA protests
By Sophie Austin, Seung Min Kim, Michelle L. Price and The Associated PressJune 12, 2025
PoliticsTrump set to sign measure blocking California’s first-in-nation rule banning sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
By Michelle L. Price, Sophie Austin and The Associated PressJune 12, 2025
By Sophie Austin, Alexa St. John and The Associated PressMay 8, 2025
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