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

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

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

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

A program that lets veterans trade fatigues for a lab coat took a hit when federal officials tried freezing millions in grant dollars.

Early 20th century political reformers such as Hiram Johnson saw the initiative process — placing measures on the ballot for voters to decide — as an antidote to a Legislature controlled by moneyed ...

A CalMatters investigation last year found that criminal defendants across the state are routinely convicted without anyone ...

California lawmakers’ budget would reject or delay many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s social service cuts. Now, the budget ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Trump administration appears to be investigating him and his wife. The Democrat said agents ...

Scheduling note: WhatMatters is taking Juneteenth off and will return to your inboxes Monday. Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mandate for state workers to return to the office four days a week is back on, and ...

State officials have found they are using six high-risk AI-like systems. One year ago, they reported using zero.

Mental health professionals at Kaiser are raising concerns about an artificial intelligence tool that records appointments, saying it should have more safeguards.