State Sen. Monique Limón was elected as the next leader of the California Senate. The 45-year-old Democrat is the first woman of color to hold the position and will replace current Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire once he terms out next year. CapRadio Statehouse and Politics Reporter Laura Fitzgerald sat down with Sen. Limón for a wide ranging conversation.

A three-day festival in Sacramento is putting artists of all abilities in the spotlight - featuring theater performances by, and about, people who are neurodivergent, blind or low-vision, deaf and hard-of-hearing. Jim Brown is a Coordinator of the ALL IN festival. He and Regina Marie Brink, Director of Innervision Theater and First Vice-President for the California Council of the Blind, join us about the free festival June 27-29 at the R25 Arts Complex at 1725 25th St.

In 2023, California’s first Black-led conservancy group acquired hundreds of acres of land near Emigrant Gap in Placer County to make exploring the outdoors more inclusive. This week, the group's leaders were in Sacramento to mark “Black Conservation Week.” Jade Stevens is the co-founder and Executive Director of the 40 Acre Conservation League and joins Insight about the progress being made to get the property ready for visitors, and the conversations she is having about making nature more accessible to all.