Sophie Austin
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North AmericaThe union behind California’s billionaire tax is blinking, but Gavin Newsom wants to inflict total defeat
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressJune 21, 2026
PoliticsGavin Newsom accuses Trump of launching political probe into him. The real issue may be his wife’s taxes
By Sophie Austin, Alanna Durkin Richer and The Associated PressJune 15, 2026
North America$215 million later, Tom Steyer is running third. California’s Governor race is still anyone’s
By Sophie Austin and The Associated PressJune 3, 2026
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
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