I haven’t given up hope for our state, and neither should you. It’s high time for the Legislature to get its act together.

The Center for Effective Lawmaking assigns scores based on the quality of legislation and how far they advance in the ...

California is known for pushing hundreds of bills through its Legislature each year, but many residents don’t realize what ...

The LAO projected California will face an $18 billion deficit next year. One union hashing out a new contract in 2026 is preparing to fight.

California’s coffers have increased by about $11 billion, yet the state deficit is on track to hit about $18 billion in the ...

California lawmakers and the governor have one main responsibility: to figure out how to use taxpayer dollars. California Legislative Analyst Gabe Petek and Gov. Newsom's Department of Finance ...

With Justice Martin Jenkins’ retirement, California will lose one of the few Black men ever to serve on our state’s highest ...

Even as tax revenue soars, the state faces large looming shortfalls.

The booming AI market is not stable, warns the state’s Legislative Analyst, urging lawmakers to pare income projections.

Recent tax revenue gains may be just a spike driven by an artificial intelligence boom in Silicon Valley that’s likely to ...

Siebel Newsom’s push for California to do more to regulate AI comes at the same time that President Trump is threatening to ...

State’s costs of housing, food and fuel exceed nation’s, suppressing homeownership rates and elevating debt burdens.