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The Riverside Community College District is slated to receive a $12.8 million boost for programs that steer students into “high-demand fields” of the future, it was announced.

The California Department of Education awarded the grant under the California Career Pathways Trust Program, which was created in 2013 as one tool on the education front to bolster the state’s economic prospects.

State Sen. Richard Roth’s bill to encourage compliance with the American Disabilities Act, while enhancing protections for small-business owners, has passed early hurdles this month, a positive sign in a state wrought with often-abusive lawsuits.

By Deanne Goodman

After years of holding up funding, Gov. Jerry Brown announced Thursday he’s prepared to make revenue available to four Riverside County cities that were shortchanged -- leaving one teetering on the brink of financial ruin -- under a 2011 budget overhaul.

By RENEE SCHIAVONE (Patch Staff)

An Inland Empire lawmaker’s bill seeking to boost the number of judicial officers in local courthouses and elsewhere in California cleared its first legislative hurdle this week.

Senate Bill 229, sponsored by Sen. Richard Roth, D-Riverside, received a unanimous vote of approval in the Senate Judiciary Committee.

The bill calls for funding 11 new judgeships to alleviate pressure on the criminal justice system.