Major changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure ...

No immediate hike in gas prices will occur. But Democrats and Republicans in the Legislature fear the effects of the ...

After a decade of battling, lawmakers just exempted infill urban development from the California Environmental Quality Act, ...

As part of a legal settlement regarding college athletes, a school will be able to pay players up to a combined $20.5 million a year.

Three former college football players in the California Legislature think youth leagues should allow padded helmet add-ons like NFL players wear.

Customers will pay slightly more for legal weed after California’s excise tax is raised. Some lawmakers want to reduce it as the industry struggles with slumping sales.

Gavin Newsom could learn, as Jerry Brown did earlier in his career, that political stunts as governor can haunt a presidential bid.

Between the state budget and other deals, lawmakers have made big changes to the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.

California needs $85 billion for public employees' retirement health care. Gov. Newsom's new labor deals pause spending to pre-fund that expense.

We reviewed vehicular manslaughter cases in California from 2019 through early 2024 to understand how the state handles dangerous drivers. The court records and driving histories reveal a state so ...

What happened to three men who were arrested in California and deported? Also: Marines at the border and the economic toll of the raids.

The governor’s insistence led to a week of confusion as lawmakers rushed to work out a compromise with powerful unions and ...