News bites: Group wants public option on California ballot

State issues

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• A ‘clean energy' disaster looms off our coasts
• Who do America’s allies want to see in the White House — Harris or Trump? 
• 50 states, one goal: Cut chronic absenteeism in schools by 50 percent in 5 years 
• Congress should restore the rights SCOTUS stripped from patent owners