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California’s Investment Into Struggling Schools Show Little Improvement Many schools in California are back in session and we thought it was a good idea to look at questions surrounding education, including school funding money. The formula the state uses is called the Local Control and Accountability Plan or the LCAP. Lawmakers have pumped tens of … Continue reading The California Report →

The president unloaded on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions hours after the FBI executed search warrants against Michael Cohen.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions is rescinding the policy by President Barack Obama's Justice Department that has generally barred federal law enforcement officials from interfering with marijuana sales in states where the drug is legal.

Tight, angular, surprising melodies leap from this band of Minnesota 20-somethings on its debut full-length. Hear the World Cafe session.

The 2021 legislative session was delayed due to security concerns, but lawmakers will convene in person for the first time today. OPB’s Dirk VanderHart tells us what’s on the agenda, including COVID-19 response, wildfire prevention, and addressing racial equity.

For decades, corporate timber benefited from tax cuts that devastated local budgets. Lawmakers want change and have filed dozens of bills, making this one of Oregon’s most consequential sessions for forest policy.

Yesterday, Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala put a roadblock into one of Congress' only success stories of the last session by calling a halt to the reimportation of cheaper prescription drugs from outside the country. The legislation would have allowed drugs exported to countries with strict price controls to be reimported to the United States at a lower cost. But Shalala, who has authority over the practice, blocked the plan. NPR's Julie Rovner explains.

California lawmakers return for a special session to implement $10 billion in education and other budget cuts proposed by Gov. Gray Davis. California, which faces a $21-billion deficit, is among more than 40 states that are in the red. KQED's Carrie Kahn reports.

Tahira Simon of Youth Radio reports on how a girl's basketball coach at a California high school is helping his players on and off the court. Jeff Duncan-Andrade of Oakland High School keeps his girls focused on getting into college by requiring them to attend team study sessions six hours a week, even in the off season. His approach has turned the sports team into an academic program, and is helping his players prepare for the SATs.

With new leadership on both sides of the aisle, Congress returns to address unfinished business from the previous session, including the extension of unemployment benefits and several spending bills. An economic stimulus package is also on the early agenda. NPR's Scott Simon talks to NPR's David Welna.