California lawmakers adopted a $356 billion state budget late Monday that would largely avoid or delay billions of dollars in social service...

Under growing pressure from a restive public during the summer of 2020, the Legislature passed a bill that put police shootings of unarmed p...

Democratic college professor Randy Villegas will take on Republican Rep. David Valadao in the Central Valley district that Democrats have ma...

When is a minimum wage hike of more than $11 per hour actually a pay cut? That question has dominated the debate over a current California h...

In recent years, and with the best of intentions, several California jurisdictions have passed real estate transfer tax measures that they h...

For all the talk of a governor’s race between two Republicans, or even two Democrats, it’s looking like voters are in for a typical partisan...

If the goal was to confuse everyone, the mission was accomplished. By Wendy Fry CalMatters Just before Memorial Day, the Trump administra...

When is a minimum wage hike of more than $11 per hour actually a pay cut? By Ben Christopher CalMatters That question has dominated the d...

The California Supreme Court this week reversed the death sentence of a Los Angeles Bloods gang member convicted of killing a rival Crip in ...

In early returns for the state superintendent of public instruction, Sonja Shaw had nearly 25% of votes, followed by Richard Barrera at almo...