HHS to delay $1B in Medicaid money for California and Minnesota
The Trump administration on Tuesday said it was deferring more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota…
States considering charging employers with Medicaid-covered workers
New Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being…
Women’s tennis legend speaks out on California trans athlete controversy as Newsom faces criticism
Women’s tennis legend Martina Navratilova weighed in on the sudden trans athlete controversy in Gavin Newsom’s California, with…
Gavin Newsom promised over one hundred mental health projects — many are still abandoned
A number of projects funded through Proposition 1 — the $6.4 billion behavioral-health bond voters narrowly approved in March…
10 projects from Newsom’s mental health bond were supposed to open in 2025. That didn’t happen
None of the projects expected in 2025 under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health ballot measure have opened, CalMatters…
Newsom threatens California counties for failing to use his new mental health court
Frustrated by the slow adoption of one of his signature efforts to get Californians with severe mental illness…
California Governor Gavin Newsom Uses Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Truly Gross Confession to Roast Weird MAHA Stunt
Gavin Newsom has ripped into Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again workout with a savage gibe…
Listen: Mental health podcast on Gov. Newsom’s CARE Court
By Julie Wernau and Dan Gorenstein, CalMatters A CARE Court recipient in San Francisco on Dec. 1, 2025.…
Gavin Newsom shoots down claim $236M program for California’s mentally ill has helped just 22 people in four years
California Governor Gavin Newsom’s $236 million program to help those with severe mental illness who bounce between homelessness…
Trump Mocks George and Amal Clooney For Becoming French Citizens: ‘Two of the Worst Political Prognosticators of All Time’
Donald Trump took to Truth Social on Wednesday afternoon to poke fun at George Clooney and his family…
Atmospheric river floods High Desert, roadways on Christmas Eve. See videos
A Christmas Eve storm is bringing severe flooding, evacuations and road closures across the High Desert, prompting Gov.…
Why families who backed CA mental health court feel let down by it
By Jocelyn Wiener, CalMatters Ronda Deplazes, who felt CARE Court let down her son after she placed her…