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September 2026
Newsom Orders California Agencies to Develop New AI Safety Plans After Rejecting Tougher Law
CalPERS CEO Lands Seven-Figure Bonus — Her First — as Pension Fund Extends Run of Good Returns
California Wants to Ban Child Marriage. Why Are These Civil Rights Groups Trying to Stop It?
How the Most Powerful Woman in California Government Is Making Her Mark on the Legislature
How a Gym, a Farmers Market and MMA Fighters Landed Millions in Newsom’s Last Budget
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Trump’s Mail-In Voting Limits as November Election Nears
Drugs for Autoimmune Diseases Are Pricey. This Bill Could Switch Patients to a Cheaper One
With Mail-In Rules Uncertain, Here’s How Californians Can Prepare to Vote in November
California Math Scores Are Far Below Grade Level. This Screener Will Test Students’ Skills Early
Newsom Signed 13 New Laws to Protect Kids From Technology. Will They Work?
California Sues Over Trump’s Changes to Endangered Species Act, Arguing They Threaten Habitat
What California’s Insurance Commissioner Does — and How It Affects Your Wallet
Medi-Cal Won’t Pay for Assisted Living in Most of California. One Brother Fought Back
Community Colleges Suddenly Oppose Plan to Let Them Offer More Bachelor’s Degrees
California Kills Bill Regulating Flock Cameras Even as Public Rage Grows
Why a Signature Newsom Power Move Flopped in the Last Days of the Legislative Session
In Standoff With Newsom, California Democrats Claw Back $450 Million for Climate Projects
Wildfire Liability Bill Dies Without a Vote on Final Day of Session
Newsom Vetoed a Data Center Water Bill Last Year. Will He Sign It This Time?
August 2026
Trump Cuts to These College Outreach Programs Are Hurting Rural California Students
Lawmakers Vote to Let First Responders Retire Earlier and With More Money. Will Newsom Sign On?
California Lawmakers Strike Wildfire Deal That Leaves Out Most of Newsom’s Big Demands
What to Know About the New California Privacy Law That Became a Flashpoint Over Free Speech
The Data Center Backlash Is Here — and Big Tech Is Spending Big to Shape It
Reducing Drug Penalties Likely Increased Homelessness in California, New Report Says
California Sues to Block Trump’s Mail-In Voting Rules Just Days After Loss at Supreme Court
Can California Help Lower the Cost of GLP-1s? Here’s What Lawmakers Are Proposing
With Clock Ticking, California Lawmakers Reject Key Parts of Newsom’s Wildfire Plan
California Justices Seem Skeptical of Sheriff Chad Bianco’s Defense in Ballot Seizure Case
The Trump Administration Upended How the West Fights Wildfires. California Is Bracing Too
Lawmakers Gut Major DUI Reform Through ‘Hostile Amendments’
Homeless Counts Dropped in These California Counties This Year
As California Demands Less Plastic in Packaging, Manufacturers Say You’ll Pay More for Stuff
Forest Fires Follow Roads. The Trump Administration Wants to Build More
Inside California Forever’s High-Pressure Push to Fast-Track a Shipyard
Will California Vote ‘Progressive’ in Insurance Commissioner Race?
California Lawmakers Kill Grizzly Bear Reintroduction Bill
Some Cal State Students Got Financial Aid Decisions a Lot Later This Year. Here’s Why
Californians Voted to Spend $1 Billion on K-12 Arts. Why Are Schools Returning the Money?
Newsom Makes Last-Minute Push to Help California Utilities Facing Wildfire Bills
How Does California’s New $3,500 EV Rebate Work?
Almost Nowhere in California Is Building Enough, According to the State. Here’s Why
Would You Trust Your Boss With Data About Your Brain? California Moves to Regulate Neurotech
An Oil Field Became California’s First Carbon Vault. Who’s Responsible if Something Goes Wrong?
California Craft Liquor Delivery Is About Go Away Thanks to Big Money Lobbying
As AI ‘Therapists’ Dish Out Advice, California Lawmakers Try to Set Some Limits
Why Truckers Always Seem to Be on the Phone While They Drive on the Highway
California Democrats Defy Newsom, Back Billionaire Tax
Trump Administration Threatens to Gut Head Start Rules, Affecting 70,000 Kids in California
California Nearly Achieved Universal Healthcare. Now, Millions Are Losing Coverage
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