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The so-called Delaware loophole allows multistate corporations like Starbucks to avoid paying Pennsylvania income taxes by having its parent company in Delaware and shifting its profits to overseas subsidiaries. capitalandmain.com/big-corpo…

In the last two years, many norms have been degraded and discarded with astonishing speed, chief among them the ideal of racial equality that is at the heart of America itself. capitalandmain.com/a-blue-wa…

The worst of the new federal Medi-Cal cuts and rules changes will kick in beginning next year, and from the California vote totals available so far, there won’t be Prop. 40 money coming in to offset any of the reductions. capitalandmain.com/a-health-…

Last June, Job Garcia — a U.S. citizen — was tackled to the ground by federal immigration agents at a Home Depot in Hollywood. Yesterday, Garcia cast his ballot for the midterm elections at a church less than two miles from where he was arrested. capitalandmain.com/ice-raids…

Luis Alfaro, acclaimed Chicano playwright and winner of a 1997 MacArthur Fellowship “genius grant,” returns to the Central Valley in his newest play, “Speaking in Tongues,” which premiered Oct. 17 at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. capitalandmain.com/faith-and…

Since President Donald Trump’s Executive Order 14253, titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” was issued, park employees have removed or modified more than 100 signs at 41 National Park Service sites. capitalandmain.com/how-ameri…

At a vigil in downtown Los Angeles for Dolores Huerta, mourners gathered to remember the veteran labor organizer and civil rights activist with affection and awe. capitalandmain.com/rememberi…

Energy is everywhere on the ballot this election — as heating oil, diesel, power bills and water — but almost always as a question of price. capitalandmain.com/energy-co…

Jodi Borello is a onetime Republican now running as an independent in a deeply conservative Pennsylvania district to unseat the Republican incumbent. With a clear anti-data center platform, experts said she could be uniquely positioned for an upset. capitalandmain.com/can-an-in…

With days left before the election, the candidates for New Mexico’s highest office still have not had a face-to-face debate. Still, when it comes to oilfield enforcement and climate goals, there are clear differences between the two. capitalandmain.com/where-the…

Immigrant rights groups have formed a coalition, Can’t Stop California, that has trained volunteers to observe polling places and counter fear amid ramped up ICE activity. capitalandmain.com/immigrant…

Before New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani was fixing potholes and cleaning up parks, director Julia Bacha shot nearly 200 hours of footage tracking his campaign. Here are nine other particularly worthy films about elections (and one write-in vote): capitalandmain.com/casting-b…

According to a report, The Trump administration has sent 300+ people to countries where they have no ties after immigration judges granted them protection from deportation to their home countries because of legitimate fear of persecution or torture. capitalandmain.com/tortured-…

Concern over the larger picture of anti-Blackness in the country and Karen Bass’ role in standing up to it may be why Black voters don’t appear to be shifting, at least in any public or vocal way, in great numbers toward Nithya Raman. capitalandmain.com/black-l-a…

Over 18 months, Airbnb has spent almost $4.2 million lobbying L.A., primarily for additional short-term rentals in the city. The company has also poured $7.1 million so far into this year’s mayor race, along with three other local contests. capitalandmain.com/airbnb-po…

Democrat Randy Villegas, a college professor and local school board member, aims to unseat longtime Republican Rep. David Valadao in a congressional race where access to health care has become a central issue. capitalandmain.com/in-medica…

Outrage inspired retired probation officer Diana Salcedo, 65, a Republican who supports President Donald Trump, to join a grassroots movement of local residents fighting a proposed Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing LLC data center. capitalandmain.com/i-dont-tr…

Ten of the industry’s biggest corporate and individual donors gave more than $13.6 million between July and September alone. For the industry’s executives, the money is less about winning new favors than about protecting a historic run of them. capitalandmain.com/big-oils-…

Livingston was the California city that swung most heavily for Trump, shifting 36 percentage points in his favor between 2020 and 2024. Other nearby cities tacked right as well. capitalandmain.com/a-califor…

The billionaire-funded political action committee Building a Better California has spent more than $304 million to defeat California’s proposed billionaire tax on the November ballot, according to a Capital & Main analysis of state campaign finance record. capitalandmain.com/who-are-t…