Trump, California and public health funding
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California lawmakers on Monday approved a one-time infusion of $90 million for Planned Parenthood and other women's health clinics, a direct respond to the Trump administration's cuts to reproductive healthcare and access to abortion providers.
State income taxes often reflect federal policies, but Washington, D.C. and some states have taken steps to keep the latest Republican changes out of their tax codes.
(FOX40.COM) — Both chambers of the California Legislature have approved spending $90 million for reproductive health care, offering a lifeline to Planned Parenthood after federal cuts threatened the provider.
California will bolster funding for Planned Parenthood and other providers of reproductive health with a one-time infusion of $90 million, leaders of the state Legislature announced Friday.
At the center of the deal is Senate President Monique Limón of Santa Barbara, newly sworn into the chamber’s top leadership role last month.
Only twice in recent memory has the state employed bond measures for research — authorizing $3 billion for stem cell research in 2004, after President George W. Bush blocked the use of federal grants for studying human embryonic stem cells, and approving $5.5 billion more for the same purpose in 2020.
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At science fair, UC Berkeley researchers lobby for $23B bond to offset President Trump’s cuts
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