Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Obamacare Over Contraception
California officials are keeping a close eye on two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday that challenge a piece of the Affordable Care Act. Two businesses say the law's requirement that their employee insurance plans pay for contraception violates the owners' religious beliefs. But there's more at stake than birth control.
Measure to Raise Medical Malpractice Cap Headed to Ballot
Consumer advocates gathered in Sacramento on Monday to announce they've got enough signatures to put a measure on the November ballot that would raise the amount of money juries can award medical malpractice victims. The measure is likely to spark one of the most high-profile political fights this fall.
Los Angeles Students Learn to Game the College Admissions Process
You know those hours and hours teenagers spend playing computer games? Several years ago, a group of researchers asked themselves if they could harness that effort into something useful, like getting into college.