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Phillip Reese

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Journalism prof at @sacstate. Numbers guy at @KVIEPBS. Freelance at @KFFHealthNews. Backpacker; proud dad; Pulitzer finalist; Polk Award winner; nice fellow

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Sacramento area schools grew teacher count by 11% amid recent wave of new hires

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By Phillip Reese
| Abridged by PBS KVIE
The Abridged version: In the Sacramento region, the number of K-12 teachers has grown by 11% since the 2019-20 school year while enrollment stayed relatively flat. Adding transitional kindergarten to school districts in recent years contributed to the higher tally. The low headcount in transitional kindergarten classrooms also helped drop the student-to-teacher ratio. The area has a slightly lower student-to-teacher ratio than the statewide figure.
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Homicides fell in Sacramento County as clearance rates shot up. Cops see a connection

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By Phillip Reese
| Abridged by PBS KVIE
The Abridged version: Sacramento County had a substantial drop in homicides last year, and law enforcement agencies cleared them at a significantly higher rate. Large agencies statewide saw trends similar to the fewer homicides and higher rate of solved cases in Sacramento. Law enforcement officials said detectives had more time to revisit and solve cold cases, including a decades-old murder. As the number of homicides plummeted in Sacramento County last year, the rate of murders solved shot up.
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ICE arrests of Indian nationals surge in Sacramento region. Advocates say Sikhs targeted

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By Phillip Reese
| Abridged by PBS KVIE
The Abridged version: ICE arrests of Indian nationals spiked in the Sacramento region through the first year of the second Trump administration, according to data from the Deportation Data Project. Immigration enforcement offices in Fresno, Bakersfield, Stockton and San Bernardino also saw significant increases in arrests of people with Indian citizenship. The arrests happened amid a surge of immigration-related enforcement at the federal level.
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