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\n Twin Rivers, Natomas Teachers\u2019 Strikes | Gas Tax Study Controversy | LabRats Hip Hop Opera
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Teachers and parents lead a rally at North Natomas Regional Park on March 10, 2026. The rally marked the first day of Natomas teachers going on strike for better pay and smaller class sizes. Ruth Finch\/CapRadio<\/p>\n
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Twin Rivers, Natomas Teachers\u2019 Strikes <\/p>\n
Teachers unions across California are going on strike in a coordinated effort from the California Teachers Association to call for increased salaries and benefits. Two of those districts are in the Sacramento region, impacting more than 40,000 students. CapRadio Newsroom Producer Greg Micek<\/a> reports on teachers\u2019 strikes and negotiations at Twin Rivers and Natomas Unified. <\/p>\n Gas Tax Study Controversy <\/p>\n The effort to find an alternative to the gas tax in California has received bipartisan support<\/a>, especially from the state’s more rural areas, where roads are most in need of repair. But a recent bill to study all research related to the issue has received pushback from Republican lawmakers, both in California and across the country. Yue Stella Yu<\/a> is a Politics and Campaign Reporter with CalMatters and she recently wrote about the new bill and reaction to it. <\/p>\n LabRats Hip Hop Opera <\/p>\n Who is Jef Costello? That enigmatic question is the name of a new musical written by Jacob Swedlow, the drummer of Sacramento\u2019s experimental jazz band LabRats<\/a>. We\u2019ll talk with Swedlow and bandmate Joey Garcia about the origins of this hip hop opera that blends jazz, rap, dance, and film noir.<\/p>\n