California and Nevada could ban involuntary servitude as lawmakers move toward potential ballot measurers that would remove all forms of slavery from their state constitutions.

A strict 'Zone 0' rule against landscaping is risky. Well-maintained and watered vegetation could prevent the spread of fires.

The No Slavery in New York Act would codify a ban on slavery for every New Yorker, including the incarcerated, countering the 13th Amendment.

California’s Ban on Gas-Powered Cars is Dead Congress has overturned California’s authority to set stricter vehicle emission standards, threatening the state’s 2035 gas car phaseout.

California mandates student gender-identity privacy. Trump administration says schools must keep nothing from parents and opens probe. Billions of dollars could be at risk.

Lawmakers are looking to close what they call a “loophole” in the California constitution, which allows forced labor as punishment for a crime.

California death row inmate Julian Mendez killed in Kern Valley State Prison allegedly involving more than 30 inmates, with Mario Renteria as the alleged initial attacker.

The US Senate voted to block a California program banning gasoline-powered cars and other vehicles by 2035, sending the measure to President Donald Trump’s desk for his signature.

California’s ban on Styrofoam will now be enforced after the plastic industry failed to show a 25% recycling rate of the material last year.

That’s about to change. In a major policy shift, the Carlsbad City Council voted on Tuesday to lift a longstanding ban on new drive-thru restaurants, a regulation dating back to 1997.