Sacramento
May 2025
When Will Democratic Lawmakers Make California More Affordable? Later, Leaders Say
They Found Their Homeless Loved Ones After Years Apart. But That Was Just the Beginning.
April 2025
Unprecedented Vote Shows Dems Fractured Over Housing Policy
How Trump’s 100-Day Deluge of Executive Orders Put California on Defense in Court
The ‘Science of Reading’ Won’t Be Required in California Schools, at Least for Now
Bodega Bay Isn’t What It Used to Be. How an Ailing Industry Has Transformed This Fishing Village
Trump Cuts Millions in California Crime Prevention Grants: ‘This Was a Sledgehammer’
How the State Sent Californians’ Personal Health Data to LinkedIn
Biden Let California Get Creative With Medicaid Spending. Trump Is Signaling That May End
Lawmaker Seeks New Way to Outlaw Threats Against California Schools and Places of Worship
Abundance Meets Resistance: Are Democrats Finally Ready to Go All in on Building Housing?
Steeply Discounted Overdose-Reversal Medicine Now Available to Any Californian
A New Program Trains College Students for Jobs Helping Homeless Californians. Can It Survive?
Trump Is Dismantling the Education Department. How That Might Harm Special Education
Special Interests Poured More Than Half a Billion Into California Lobbying Last Year
Trump Policy Targeting Immigrants Shuts California Students Out of Federal Programs
How Labor Killed a Bill to Let California Wildfire Victims Sue Big Oil for Climate Change
More High Schoolers Are Taking College Classes — but No Surprise Which Students Benefit Most
Commercial Salmon Season Is Shut Down — Again. Will California’s Iconic Fish Ever Recover?
License to Kill: A CalMatters Special Investigation
Trump Targets California Climate Laws in New Executive Order
California’s Big Pension Funds Lost Billions in Stock Market Selloff. Can They Recover in Time?
Can California Vets Claw Back Another Cat Declawing Ban? Lawmakers Are Trying
Canadians Pull Back on Travel to California Because of Trump: ‘I Will Miss the Desert’
Fight Over Phonics: Will California Require the ‘Science of Reading’ in K-12 Schools?
Rural California, Reliant on the Trump Administration for Jobs, Braces for Cuts
A ‘Missed Opportunity’: Does Newsom’s Plan to Get Californians Into Better Jobs Do Enough?
Xavier Becerra Jumps Into Crowded Race for California Governor
Democracy in the Dark: How California Lawmakers Are Trying to Shield Themselves From Public View
March 2025
No Need to Apply: Cal State Is Automatically Admitting Some High School Students With Good Grades
Trump Clawed Back Billions in Federal Health Grants. Here’s How Much California Is Losing
Will This Bill Be the End of California’s Housing vs Environment Wars?
California Food Banks Brace for Funding Cuts, and Not Only From the Trump Administration
Applying for CalFresh Food Aid Is Complicated. California Colleges Are Trying to Make It Easier
Rural California Schools and Roads Lose Millions in Federal Funding After Latest Cuts
California Considers More Homeless Shelter Oversight After CalMatters Investigation
Parents Can’t Figure Out How California Schools Are Doing. Newsom’s Plan to Fix That Stalls
Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-curious Podcast Mystifies Listeners — and Sets Democratic Lawmakers on Edge
Students Call on California Colleges to Protect Campuses From Immigration Enforcement
California’s Medi-Cal Shortfall Hits $6.2 Billion With ‘Unprecedented’ Cost Increases
California Republicans Say They’re Making a Comeback. Can They Keep Trump at Arms Length?
State Farm Can Hike Rates on California Homeowners — if It Pauses Cancellations and Proves Need
California, Other States Sue to Halt Massive Layoffs at U.S. Department of Education
California Has 30 New Proposals to Rein in AI. Trump Could Complicate Them
They Live in California’s Republican Districts. They Feel Betrayed by Looming Health Care Cuts
California Lawmakers Propose Fixes for ‘Insurance Industry in Shambles’
Katie Porter Vows to Stand Up to Trump as She Enters Race for California Governor
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