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Escondido City Council positions itself with Trump on sanctuary laws

Cameron Niven • April 9, 2018

The Escondido City Council voted to support Trump's suit against California State's sanctuary laws on April 4. The council voted 4-1 in support of filing a legal brief in support of the federal government...

California Promise

Brooke Reotutar • February 21, 2018

Incoming Palomar students to receive additional funding through Assembly Bill 19 (AB-19) also known as the California Promise.

Does the labor force deserve $15 an hour? Con

Gehrig Rosen • November 8, 2017

From the views of a minimum wage fast food worker, an increase to $15 per hour sounds good, but in the end has a majority of negative outcomes. Survey source: https://www.epionline.org/studies/survey-of-us-economists-on-a-15-federal-minimum-wage/

Proposition that helps fund colleges will end next year

Chanele Retuya • December 7, 2015

Proposition 30 was passed in 2012 as a way to raise funds for public schools in California by temporarily increasing sales taxes and personal income tax rates. But Prop. 30 will end next year. If a...

Faculty rally for better pay, work conditions

Steven Buriek • February 26, 2015

Palomar professors and students rallied Wednesday next to the clock tower to protest and raise awareness of what they called lousy pay and poor working conditions of part-time professors. For National...

Bachelor’s degree for geography offered through Palomar

Christopher Bullock • October 6, 2014

After California Gov. Jerry Brown’s historic signing of AB 150, Palomar College will be offering another bachelor’s degree program. Starting this semester, students in the Geographic Information...