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Despite Californians’ grumblings about delayed results, Democratic policymakers won’t curtail ballot access or risk inaccuracies to increase speed.

California often uses minimum wage hikes to offset its high living costs, but that creates economic pressure that can squeeze households.

The union representing California State University professors is contesting the system's use of artificial intelligence tools and backing legislation that would protect their jobs from the technology.

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Want government records? You might have to pay more, wait longer or even fight the court to obtain them under a proposed new ...

A California union wants to tax billionaires to fund healthcare. The initiative has drawn fierce opposition from Newsom and Silicon Valley moguls.

A Cal State student reflects on the racial profiling her Latino father experienced and how it inspires her to correct the narrative.

A pathway to single-payer healthcare would require dozens — or even hundreds — of difficult economic and political choices.

School funding in California steers a lot to wealthy districts and to those with high-needs students. Those in the middle get ...