California leaders approved the hospital funding within days even as they questioned the narrow criteria, the amount and the number of hospitals that would qualify. The speed stunned some hospitals ...

California is proposing to ban student cell phones, but the original plan to include all K-12 schools now exempts high schools.

Xavier Becerra was attacked from all sides in California's final governor debate. His response? 'This is what happens when ...

Despite $16.5 billion more in revenue than expected, Newsom proposes cuts to prepare for an AI bubble burst. 'We need to ...

Gov. Gavin’s ex-chief of staff Dana Williamson pleads guilty to fraud just weeks before the primary. She'll also pay the IRS ...

The biannual ‘suspense file’ hearing is the Legislature’s most efficient tool for killing costly or controversial proposals ...

The Trump administration suspended $1.1 billion in California Medicaid funds over fraud claims, threatening home care for 900,000 seniors and people with disabilities.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is releasing his California budget proposal, known as a May Revise. The state has more tax revenue than expected, but faces an uncertain economy.

While other California governor candidates apologize for past mistakes, Democratic frontrunner Xavier Becerra has a different strategy: dodge and dismiss.

Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media after unveiling his revised 2026-27 budget proposal in Sacramento on May 14, 2026. Photo by Miguel Gutierrez Jr., CalMatters Welcome to CalMatters, the only ...

Eleven weeks into the Iran war and a global energy shock, California drivers are paying the highest gas prices in the nation, an average of $6.15 a gallon this week. The pain at t ...

Newsom celebrates California’s clean drinking water progress as his administration’s climate overhaul threatens to upend a ...