A plan to strengthen California's climate program faces pushback as industry groups and some lawmakers warn the changes could ...

As work continues on the state budget, education and finance officials told California legislators on Thursday that taxpayer funding for Proposition 98, which funds K-12 education ...

A recent poll showed half of California voters support a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaires' wealth, but concerns about impact remain.

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If California truly wants to be a progressive state, the California Dream should be available to everyone—not only to those ...

Projects supposed to offer mental health and substance use care to foster youth, new mothers, unhoused people and others have been delayed or cancelled.

Gov. Gavin Newsom announced the final round of Prop 1 funding, which will support 'significantly under-resourced' regions in ...

The official lineup for the UFC's much-ballyhooed White House event was recently revealed and the early betting odds are ...

Only two Democratic lawmakers voted against Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget proposal last year curtailing health care for undocumented immigrants.

Hakeem Jeffries, the Democratic House minority leader, is responding to the decision by Rep. Kevin Kiley to leave the Republican Party and become an independent.

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Asm. Corey Jackson's ACA 7, which clarifies Proposition 209, passes the State Assembly. The bill now moves to the Senate for further review.