The proposed changes aim to allay schools’ apprehension about spending their arts money granted through an initiative voters passed in 2022.

Gov. Newsom's late-session deal failed in the Legislature. It would have lessened liability for utilities whose equipment causes wildfires. A state Senate compromise never got a vote.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new carbon market rules threatened money for certain climate programs. He struck a deal to continue funding for transit and water projects.

LA28 officials are stockpiling money and preparing to spend it fast. Organizers have effectively built a Fortune 500 company in downtown L.A.

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 ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law expanding privacy protections to people who work with immigrants. Republicans characterized it as a threat to the First Amendment.

Supporters said a condo construction bill would unlock affordable for-sale housing that California desperately needs. But deadlines matter.

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 leaders pushed through a controversial last-minute deal to protect the major project from environmental lawsuits.

Despite sweltering classrooms and a heat wave, the state chose to return unspent CalSHAPE funds to ratepayers.

Last year the Trump administration cut more than 1,000 California science research grants. A bond measure would restore some ...

Newsom backed off his plan to ease utilities' wildfire costs after Democratic lawmakers refused to shift the burden to ...