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After years of polluting by the water industry, a report planned for release in the coming days could lead to tightened regulation while also prompting an expensive modernization drive.

California is creating a state agency exclusively focused on housing issues. Also, local author and National Book Award ...

Aside from giving housing and homelessness its own box atop Gov. Gavin Newsom’s organizational chart, the reorg is supposed ...

Former 49er defensive lineman Arik Armstead tackles early childhood literacy with a new comic book to help inspire kids who ...

Clothing prices jumped by 1% in June, contributing to a rise in inflation during the month. Imported clothing is one area where the effects of tariffs are beginning to be felt by shoppers. Inflation ...

NPR's Sarah McCammon talks with Ernie Tedeschi, director of economics at The Budget Lab at Yale, about the potential impact of President Trump's tariffs on low-income households.

As Congress debates whether to pull back all federal funds it has already committed to public broadcasting, NPR and PBS station officials in rural areas are watching closely.

In states without policies to drive renewable energy, power prices could surge as federal tax incentives for clean energy disappear, according to Energy Innovation, a think tank.

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Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman believes tariffs President Trump has threatened to impose on countries, including Mexico and Brazil, are here to stay and will cost U.S. consumers.

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