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The Sacramento Bee covered a major state tax package, high school sports honors and a multimillion-dollar truce over rideshare ballot measures on June 18.
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Here’s a quick digest:
- The California Senate sent a revenue-raising package to Gov. Gavin Newsom that taxes commercial health insurance plans and software programs and could raise more than $3 billion in the coming fiscal year. Democrats said the bills shore up social safety networks against cuts from President Donald Trump and the Republican-controlled Congress.
- Roseville High School senior Tyler Ritter was named The Sacramento Bee’s 2026 All-Metro Baseball Player of the Year after going 11-0 with a 0.62 ERA and 124 strikeouts, leading the Tigers to a 30-4 record and three championships. Elk Grove’s Joe Bellotti was named Coach of the Year after guiding the Thundering Herd to the Delta League title and the program’s 12th CIF Sac-Joaquin Section banner.
- Uber and the Consumer Attorneys of California agreed to withdraw competing November ballot measures and pursue joint legislation limiting medical liens and tightening Uber driver background checks. The deal ends a fight in which Uber had spent more than $25 million since January and the attorneys’ campaign had spent more than $20 million.
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