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CA Turns to Minimum Wage Hikes to Offset High Living Costs. There’s a Downside

There are three immutable aspects of economic life in California today. By Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion No. 1, Californians face the na...
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CA Turns to Minimum Wage Hikes to Offset High Living Costs. There’s a Downside

There are three immutable aspects of economic life in California today. By Dan Walters CalMatters Opinion No. 1, Californians face the na...
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Want Faster Election Results? CA Democrats Won’t Clamp Down on Late Voters

Everyone agrees it would be nice to know the outcomes of California elections sooner. By Maya C. Miller CalMatters What they can’t agree ...
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This Bill Could Make California ‘Most Secretive State in the Country’

In March, Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco introduced a measure that would have made  it more expensive for Californians to obtain government r...
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CA Getting Ready to Hike a Health Insurance Tax. Will It Affect Your Premium?

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Legislators this week approved a health tax bill meant to ...
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As Ballot Deadline Nears, Will CA Billionaire Tax Actually Go to Voters?

Early 20th century political reformers such as Hiram Johnson saw the initiative process — placing measures on the ballot for voters to decid...
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Gov. Gavin Newsom discusses California state firefighting operations in Sacramento on April 24, 2025. In a budget presentation planned for May 14, Newsom will call on California to scale back health care for undocumented immigrants to help balance the state budget, retrenching on his desire to deliver “universal health care for all.” (Andri Tambunan/The New York Times)

California Dems Approve Budget Deal, Open Negotiations With Newsom

California lawmakers adopted a $356 billion state budget late Monday that would largely avoid or delay billions of dollars in social service...
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CA Population Stagnates as Immigration and Birth Rates Decline

California’s population exploded during and immediately after World War II, from 6.9 million in 1940 to 19.9 million in 1970, thanks to wave...
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Anti-Tax Ballot Measure Could Sap Local Housing Funds. CA Lawmakers Need to Act

In recent years, and with the best of intentions, several California jurisdictions have passed real estate transfer tax measures that they h...
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Top-Two Primary Was Supposed to Improve CA Politics. Did It Flop?

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...
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5 Things to Know About Trump Administration’s New Green Card Rules

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