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September 2026

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

‘Don’t Flock Me’: California, U.S. Lawmakers Debate License Plate Reader Technology

Keep an Eye on These 5 Deals as California Lawmakers Close Out the Legislative Session

July 2026

Is This Proposition a $4 Billion Giveaway to a Billionaire-Backed LA Research Center?

California Fire Season Has Been Quiet. A Heat Wave Could Change That Fast

California Bill Would Let Abuse Victims Use Trauma as Legal Defense for Violent Crime

California Can’t Replant Its Forests Fast Enough to Keep Up With Wildfires

California Sues Trump Over Emergency Funding Rules That Pressure States on Elections

They’re on Our Flag, but Do Long-Gone Grizzly Bears Belong in Modern California?

Newsom’s Populist Act: Oppose State Billionaire Tax, Embrace Federal One

Four Myths About Insurance in California

White House Admits It Used Keywords to Kill Billions Worth of California Research Grants

Gavin Newsom’s Return-To-Office Rules Are Stricter Than Many States, Including Texas

California Reading Scores Are Up, Thanks to Literacy Investments. Can the State Do More?


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