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California Legislature OKs Health Insurance Mandate

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The California Legislature voted Monday to tax people who refuse to buy health insurance, bringing back a key part of former President Barack Obama’s health care law in the country’s most populous state after it was eliminated by Republicans in Congress.

FILE - In this Feb. 12, 2015 file photo Laura San Nicolas, right, and her daughter Geena,

Gavin Newsom: Repeal Taxes on Tampons, Diapers

California Governor Gavin Newsom will propose repealing state sales taxes on tampons and diapers, championing a cause that has lingered at the margins of the Democrat-controlled state legislature for years but never gained traction.

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