After weeks of speculation, Vice Mayor Manpreet Kaur announced her candidacy for California State Senate District 16.

The California State Senate adjourned Thursday in memory of the nine people killed in last month's Castle Peak avalanche, the ...

California legislators are seeking to change the state's elderly parole policy following the recent approval of early release of two serial child sex predators.

California legislators have grilled the state’s top librarian about huge sums of money tied to a statewide literacy program linked to country music legend Dolly Parton that are missing. And it’s the ...

If a new bill passes in the California Legislature this year, inmates in the state’s prisons would have to wait until they are 65 to qualify for elderly parole. Current law ...

Gas prices have surged in California in recent weeks as the state's supply is constrained due to recent reductions in refining capacity. The price of gas rose 40 cents in about two weeks, with the ...

For decades, reintroducing grizzlies to California seemed completely unrealistic. Now, the California Legislature is considering a plan that could ...

The Trump administration ramped up a battle with California over the state’s nation-leading vehicle-emission standards Thursday, suing air regulators over rules aimed at curbing pollution from cars.

In our latest national state law update, we review state laws that have gone into effect or were enacted in 2026. Below is a non-exhaustive summary ...

Lawmakers should learn from their costly pension mistakes that paved the way for CalPERS to accrue over $160 billion in unfunded pension liabilities for benefits promised to current and past ...

Tribes, treated so shabbily for so many decades, are now bullying a much smaller rival, just because they can.’ ...

Three years ago, California built a first-in-the-nation system aimed at protecting drivers when oil markets turn calamitous.