McFarland comes out in full force; Planning Commission rejects GEO

TAfter waiting a long four hours of comments from GEO Group, McFarland residents opposing the expansion of GEO cheered Tuesday in celebration when the McFarland Planning Commission voted 2-2, rejecting the motion to allow GEO to turn two prisons into immigrant detention centers.

Kern Sol News breaks down Prop 13

As mail-in ballots were sent out earlier this month, Californians who are registered with a preferred party will cast their vote on Proposition 13, the only proposition on the ballot by March 3, 2020.

McFarland to hold second meeting Tuesday on expanding immigration detention capabilities; opponents express concerns with process

Hundreds are expected to oppose GEO’S request to expand immigration detention capabilities at McFarland’s second Planning Commission Meeting Tuesday.

Q&A: Cyber-security measures to be taken with first online Census

For the first time, people will be able to respond to the 2020 Census anytime and anywhere from any device, because it will be available online.

Residents remain concerned over KHSD’s disciplinary policies; district denies discrimination allegations

Though the Kern High School District asserts that the rates of suspensions and expulsions have decreased, local activists and parents of KHSD students took to the streets to show their continued discomfort with the district’s disciplinary policies.

First uncounted, then undercounted: Census track record on Native Americans

BY JOURDAN BENNETT-BEGAYE

The first enumeration of the 2020 Census starts this week in Toksook Bay, Alaska, a remote Yup’ik village on the coast of the Bering Sea.