The state's fiscal year begins July 1. As California faces a shortfall in the billions, here's a look at what the budget ...

California's Latino population could bear the brunt of SNAP changes due to high rates of food insecurity and other factors.

Lower-income people will be the hardest hit. Over the next 10 years, 3.4 million Californians could lose coverage.

Education cuts to come. The $12 billion in cuts to K-12 schools and colleges that Trump proposed in May and the related $6.2 billion in federal funding that he ordered withheld from schools last week ...

California lawmakers passed a massive state budget vote Monday evening with just hours to spare before the July 1 deadline ...

Looming funding cuts threaten the academic progress of Black students in districts across California, according to a report by researchers at the University of Southern California. “The Cost of ...

In his latest letter to constituents, Mendocino County Supervisor John Haschak discusses the county's new budget, federal spending cuts and Ukiah's proposed annexation.

The changes to the California Environmental Quality Act could greatly speed up the issuance of building permits.

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.

Newsom’s signature on a $321 billion state budget is “contingent” on “legislation to cut red tape and unleash housing,” a spokesperson said.

Major changes include an exemption for high-tech industrial plants and other projects. The move, fast-tracked under pressure from Gov. Gavin Newsom, sparked fierce pushback from environmental, ...

Trump’s efforts to constrain immigration during his first term played out in a similar fashion; by 2019, the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.5%, its lowest level since 1969, with earnings up 3.5% ...