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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Kate Pickert ## Kate Pickert Articles 59Collections 2 *  Mar 19, 2015 ### [California Plans Drought Relief](https://time.com/3750007/california-drought-water-rules/) The move comes days after new rules cracking down on lawn watering and tap water at restaurants [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Mar 17, 2015 ### [How Republicans Learned to Like One Part of Obamacare](https://time.com/3746567/obamacare-under-26-republicans/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Feb 4, 2015 ### [Antonio Villaraigosa Mulls a U.S. Senate Candidacy](https://time.com/3683181/villaraigosa-california-senate-2016/) The former Los Angeles mayor is getting closer to taking on Kamala Harris in the 2016 race [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 20, 2014 ### [University of California Approves Steep Tuition Hike](https://time.com/3598249/university-of-california-tuition-hike/) Students are being asked to pay more as the state reduces its funding [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 19, 2014 ### [What California's College Tuition Hike Says About the Future of Higher Education](https://time.com/3593732/uc-tuition-hike-california-college-costs/) As state funding dwindles, students at public universities are being asked to pick up more of the ta... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 18, 2014 ### [Timeline: The Cosby Allegations](https://time.com/3592547/bill-cosby-rape-allegations-timeline/) A timeline of events from 2005 to the present [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 18, 2014 ### [L.A. School District Fires Lawyer Who Faulted Student in Teacher Sex Case](https://time.com/3590716/keith-wyatt-lausd-student-teacher-sex-case/) Lawyer Keith Wyatt blamed the victim of a sex abuse case in defending the L.A. school district in co... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 15, 2014 ### [District Blames Student Victim](https://time.com/3586324/school-district-student-is-partly-to-blame-for-sex-with-teacher/) A 14-year-old's sexual past and willingness to engage in sex with a 28-year-old teacher was fair gam... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 13, 2014 ### [The Scandal-Plagued Politics of Obamacare](https://time.com/3583526/the-truth-about-gruber-gate/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 10, 2014 ### [Fewer Will Enroll in Obamacare Than Expected](https://time.com/3576454/obamacare-enrollment-expectations/) Through the law’s new marketplaces in 2015 [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 6, 2014 ### [How a Repulican Majority Could Change Obamacare](https://time.com/3563332/how-a-repulican-majority-could-change-obamacare/) [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 5, 2014 ### [Gun Control Groups See Future in State Ballot Initiatives](https://time.com/3558670/background-checks-gun-control-washington/) A victory in Washington state could be a template for other states in 2016 [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Nov 5, 2014 ### [California Voters Back $7.5 Billion Water Bond](https://time.com/3557658/california-voters-back-7-5-billion-water-bond/) Governor Jerry Brown backed the measure to help prevent future water shortages [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Nov 3, 2014 ### [Where Abortion Is on the Ballot](https://time.com/3555220/abortion-personhood-ballot-initiatives-2014/) Voters in Colorado, North Dakota and Tennessee could help reshape the legal landscape [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 31, 2014 ### [Washington to Vote on Gun Control Days After Shooting](https://time.com/3549956/washington-gun-control-background-check/) [U.S.](/section/us/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/kate-pickert/","name":"Kate Pickert"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/kate-pickert/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/kate-pickert/"},"name":"Kate Pickert","jobTitle":null,"description":"","url":"https://time.com/author/kate-pickert/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```