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Megan Myscofski

Sacramento

Statehouse Reporter at CapRadio

Statehouse Reporter for CapRadio in Sacramento. Formerly @KUNMnews. @newmarkjschool grad. Say hi: [email protected]

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  • 3 days ago | capradio.org | Megan Myscofski

    This story is part of a series produced for the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism’s 2025 California Health Equity Fellowship. If you have a story to share about your own experience with menopause symptom treatment, please let us know by filling out a quick survey. Former middle school teacher Lorraine Carter Salazar isn’t easily embarrassed. But when she began having hot flashes at school, she worried about how she came off to coworkers, students and parents.

  • 6 days ago | ijpr.org | Megan Myscofski

    Now, California lawmakers are looking for ways to limit health care provider shortages and burnout, while also keeping the budget balanced. Some see potential solutions in artificial intelligence. Oakland Democratic Assembly member Mia Bonta co-led a recent joint hearing on AI and health care from the Health Committee and Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. She highlighted the prospect of cutting administrative waste.

  • 1 week ago | capradio.org | Megan Myscofski

    Artificial intelligence — or AI — might already be in your doctor’s office. Some providers use it to take notes at appointments or do administrative tasks. Now, California lawmakers are looking for ways to limit health care provider shortages and burnout, while also keeping the budget balanced. Some see potential solutions in artificial intelligence.

  • 1 week ago | kalw.org | Megan Myscofski

    California is in for budget deficits for the next few years. That’s according to a report recently released by the state legislature’s research arm. Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration reported a $12 billion deficit followed by more in the years to come in his new budget proposal this month. The Legislative Analyst’s Office — or LAO’s — new report says that might be the norm for the next few years.

  • 2 weeks ago | capradio.org | Megan Myscofski

    A few hundred bills reached the end of their run Friday in the California legislature. The culling of legislation is part of an opaque process. The legislature pares back many bills twice a year through suspense file hearings — where the appropriations committees announce decisions made behind the scenes, without much public debate. Only bills that meet a certain cost threshold go through this process. This year, legislators voted on more than one thousand  bills.

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Megan Myscofski
Megan Myscofski @megmyscofski
19 Mar 25

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Megan Myscofski
Megan Myscofski @megmyscofski
15 Aug 24

RT @elaberwarren: A new peer mentoring program for trans journalists, co-led by the fearless @newmarkjschool alum Tat Bellamy-Walker @bell_…

Megan Myscofski
Megan Myscofski @megmyscofski
9 Jul 24

Some news: I started a new job as a political/statehouse reporter @CapRadioNews this month. Let me know if you have tips, questions or just want to say hi -- [email protected]