Affordability challenges are clashing with climate change impact, causing a slowdown in California's major emissions reduction program.

Prop. 2 supporters want to boost California’s budget reserves for a rainy day, but opponents say saving more would only embolden state leaders to spend more.

Rep. Doris Matsui fights for her political life in her first competitive reelection challenge from Sacramento City Council ...

Climate has barely come up in the governor’s race, even as this year’s overhaul puts 2030 goals further out of reach, experts say.

A CalMatters analysis found L.A. Mayor Karen Bass vastly outperformed the opposition in majority-Latino precincts in June.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s successor will face economic pressures to adjust climate policies, including cap-and-trade.

At least 26 resolutions, moratoriums, or bans on California data centers have been passed or proposed in the state since June ...

Prop. 40 faces a gauntlet to succeed, including surviving two poison-pill propositions. Then it will probably be challenged in court.

California state workers say they're tired of governors balancing the budget "on their backs" and are beginning a statewide state strike today.

California is trying to block the Trump administration's voter lawsuit. Here’s what the attorney general said in a court ...

If California voters approve it, Prop. 38 will direct $4 billion to one research institute. Only one institute currently qualifies for the money.

Some California seniors have to spend down savings to retain their Medi-Cal healthcare coverage under a new financial asset ...