The U.S. Senate last week rejected an effort by Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., and Democratic colleagues that would have forced ...

One of the strongest voting blocs in Sacramento denounced Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed budget, which included cuts to ...

As lawmakers try to rush through thousands of bills, regular people are often cut off at the microphone because the ...

Many people in California prisons and jails work for less than $1 an hour. Lawmakers are advancing two bills that could lead ...

Newsom wants to allocate half of funds from the landmark cap and trade program to high speed rail and firefighting — leaving ...

Leaders of California's Democratic Legislative Latino Caucus on Monday said everything should be considered in order to keep providing health insurance to undocumented immigrants, including a new tax ...

Governor Gavin Newsom has proposed closing another California state prison as a fiscal necessity and to invest in ...

California’s 2025 legislative cycle includes another ambitious package of housing bills as the state continues to look for ...

The fate of a number of Cal Fire-related bills remain in limbo as budget negotiations kick off between Gov. Gavin Newsom and ...

A provision in the House’s budget reconciliation bill could stop piecemeal state regulations of artificial intelligence for a ...

The California Assembly has advanced legislation to impose harsher penalties for soliciting and buying sex from 16- and ...

California’s state senate has unanimously confirmed Zoe Heller, appointed last May, as the director of the CalRecycle agency.