CALIFORNIA’S FENTANYL FIGHT: Lawmakers V. Grieving Parents

CBS Invests in Statehouse Investigative Reporting With ‘California’s Fentanyl Fight’ Special

On New Year’s Day, three CBS-owned television stations in California will carry something that hasn’t been seen much from the Golden State’s major TV stations in recent years: an investigative documentary report examining the inner workings — and dysfunction — of the California statehouse in Sacramento. The half-hour news special, “California’s Fentanyl Fight: Politicians V. […]

CALIFORNIA’S FENTANYL FIGHT: Lawmakers V. Grieving Parents

One of the hardest-fought political battles in 2024 happened inside California's Capitol between a group of grieving parents who lost their kids to fentanyl… and a handful of powerful California politicians who were opposed to increasing criminal penalties. This year-long investigation combines gripping statehouse investigative reporting with groundbreaking AI-assisted data journalism to provide an unprecedented look at how California's one-part…

California’s fentanyl fight: Politicians v. grieving parents

This year-long investigation provides an unprecedented look at California’s one-party supermajority legislature through the eyes of grieving parents who discover how California lawmakers kill popular bills by not voting. Source The post California’s fentanyl fight: Politicians v. grieving parents appeared first on News Talk 94.1/AM 1600.