The state's multibillion-dollar budget shortfall shapes which bills survive the 'suspense file' hearings at the California ...

The centerpiece of California’s water wars pits Gov. Newsom against local communities and environmentalists. A new report ...

A major miscalculation in revenue forecasting allowed Gavin Newsom to boast of a California budget surplus that never actually materialized.

Interest groups push back as more details become public on the California budget cuts proposed by Gov. Newsom.

The rhetoric in the Los Angeles district attorney race overstates the scope of the office, crime realities and top priorities for voters.

Federal law bars undocumented students from working on campus. Two California bills would change that for public colleges and ...

California's budget deficit could force reductions in broadband internet projects Gavin Newsom championed to close the ...

After 13 California farmworkers died in a single crash, the state passed new rules. Now workers are being killed in ...

CalMatters stories lead to calls to reexamine California laws on the use of munitions at protests and on farmworker safety.

Protesters do not appear to attack or threaten the CHP officers in the videos recorded by CalMatters, including the same ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's latest California budget includes cuts to the University of California and Cal State systems.

California’s Vietnamese-American lawmakers pressured Los Angeles County not to have Jane Fonda Day be on the anniversary of ...