The Newsom administration just informed the Legislature that it needs to borrow $3.4 billion to pay unexpectedly high costs ...

California’s major cities and school districts are facing sizable budget gaps. Much like the state, they have few financial ...

As state grapples with deficits, cities and schools must also make hard choices amid stagnant revenues and inflation.

Immigrants lacking permanent status contribute approximately $8.5 billion in state and local taxes a year, according to an analysis by the California Budget and Policy Center, a nonprofit research ...

Immigrants lacking permanent status contribute approximately $8.5 billion in state and local taxes a year, according to an ...

A full audit — independent, rigorous and public — could draw a blueprint to root out waste and fraud without theatrics.

California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to ...

DOGE’s aim to save taxpayers money resonates in California, where taxes soar and deficits loom, Zac Townsend argues.

At least 2,000 credentialed school staff have received preliminary layoff notices before the March 15 state-mandated deadline ...

California's Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state's general fund — and will likely need even more — to ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking a $3.4 billion loan from the general fund to help a shortfall in the state Medi-Cal ...