Jimenez received her bachelor's degree from the University of California at Los Angeles and holds a master's degree in social ...

In the 2021-2022 election cycle, the biggest public-sector unions spent more than $700 million on election-related activity. This included $160 million from union political action committees. Nearly ...

Last month, Gallup released a poll showing that 56 percent of Americans believed that Donald Trump would win re-election. In retrospect, it may have been inevitable that they would be proven wrong.

Until 2023, courts were following an outdated standard that seriously overestimated how many cases a public defender could handle in a year. Since new recommendations published two years ago, many ...

Last month the Oregon Supreme Court issued a ruling that will have a wide impact. More than 1,400 criminal cases had to be dismissed, the justices ruled, due to lack of adequate counsel available for ...

Bloomberg Philanthropies is giving grants and support to cities that want to replicate successful housing strategies in San ...

A county clerk's attempts to remove voters from the rolls prompted intervention by local election officials and the state.

Some worry that a new generation of progressives threatens the coalitions that opened government to historically excluded ...

The state has climbed from last to second-to-last in a national ranking, highlighting the persistent lack of contested ...

A state law requiring hospitals to automatically screen patients for financial assistance has expanded access to free and ...

A shared insurance pool covering 24 counties faces a $25 million shortfall as rising legal claims force local governments to ...

As electric bikes and scooters reach motorcycle-like speeds, rising injuries and deaths are prompting states to reconsider ...