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Supporters said a condo construction bill would unlock affordable for-sale housing that California desperately needs. But deadlines matter.
Despite sweltering classrooms and a heat wave, the state chose to return unspent CalSHAPE funds to ratepayers.
The measure, which was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state's public utiliites, never came to a vote in the Assembly.
Last year the Trump administration cut more than 1,000 California science research grants. A bond measure would restore some of that funding.
California lawmakers struck a deal to divert $125 million in climate funding to buy the former Golden Gate Fields track and turn it into a park ...
This California desert region was touted as the ‘Saudi Arabia of lithium.’ Years later, projects are behind schedule and workers are waiting for jobs.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom just doesn’t have the clout he once wielded so aggressively as the end of his reign approaches.
The California Legislature passed a bill that would force disclosure of information about emergency calls at immigrant detention centers. A Democratic lawmaker put it forward after reading news ...
California data centers guzzle billions of gallons of water to cool AI servers — and the public still doesn't know how much. Lawmakers want that to change. Newsom vetoed the idea last year. Now two ...
If this bill passes, California’s public universities and colleges cannot disqualify students without legal status from campus jobs.