The founder of Let's Go Washington, which qualified six initiatives in 2024, is moving ahead with two more proposals aimed at ...

The California legislature today (Sept. 13, 2025) passed a bill allowing a ballot measure for a sales tax in five Bay Area ...

A federal judge has blocked a Kentucky inmate's request to halt the enforcement of a state law banning the use of public funds for hormone replacement therapy in prisons. The case was brought by ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — (AP) — California will extend a key climate program under a bill state lawmakers passed Saturday, ...

The Legislature has officially extended the state's Cap-and-Trade program, committing $1 billion annually through 2045 for high-speed rail.

The bills center around cap-and-trade, California’s tentpole environmental regulation system, which places a limit on emissions and allows businesses to buy and sell permits to emit carbon dioxide.

Legislators this summer voted to increase exemptions under the California Environmental Quality Act, also known as CEQA, a watershed law that is sometimes used as an impediment to slow down or stop ...

Columnist Joan Barron writes, “It is obvious that the Freedom Caucus members of the Legislature are eager to show off their new muscles, their ...

Key education bills tackling unhealthy food, discrimination and literacy landed on Gov. Gavin Newsom's desk this week. Here's how they could impact your kids.

Veteran Legislator Abe Uchitelle is once again unopposed in his bid for election to the Ulster County Legislature’s District 5 seat. Uchitelle, 37, is running for a fourth ...

More than 3,300 defendants do not have legal representation in the district courts of Suffolk and Middlesex counties, ...

SB79, which allows for denser housing around transit hubs across the state, now heads to Gov. Gavin Newsom. Why it matters: ...