SSacramento Read More Legislature to rename Cesar Chavez Day to Farmworkers DayMarch 21, 2026 California Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas, D-Hollister, speaks during a news conference on Friday, Aug. 8, 2025. DANIEL HEUER…
CCalifornia Read More State can’t save $225M if it forces workers to commuteMarch 21, 2026 By Wasim Ali, Special for CalMatters Traffic on Highway 50 in Sacramento on June 30, 2022. Photo by…
CCalifornia Read More See the free perks California lawmakers got from special interestsMarch 20, 2026 By Yue Stella Yu and Jeremia Kimelman, CalMatters A lobbyist talks on his phone at the state Capitol…
CCalifornia Read More Cesar Chavez Day will be renamed Farmworkers Day in California – Orange County RegisterMarch 20, 2026 California’s legislative leaders are designating a new state holiday this year: Farmworkers Day. The move to change the…
CCalifornia Read More $20 fast food wage upped prices, automation but cut jobsMarch 19, 2026 By Dan Walters, CalMatters This commentary was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Two years…
CCalifornia Read More CA lawmakers weigh a plan for closing achievement gapsMarch 18, 2026 By Dan Walters, CalMatters A first-grade student looks at a phonetic alphabet at Peralta Elementary in Riverside, on…
AAnaheim Read More Here’s who filed to run for state legislative races in Orange County in 2026 – Orange County RegisterMarch 16, 2026 Election season is officially upon us. The deadlines to file to run for state Senate or Assembly have…
CCalifornia Read More WATCH: Lawmaker: Bond to pay for updates for state’s water | CaliforniaMarch 14, 2026 (The Center Square) – The legislator who wrote a law modernizing California’s water infrastructure says there’s no concrete…
CCalifornia Read More Tribal casinos use CA regulations to trample cardroomsMarch 11, 2026 By Dan Walters, CalMatters A cardroom at Commerce Casino in Commerce on March 14, 2024. Photo by Ted…
SSan Francisco Read More California businesses and left-leaning groups clash on the ballot and in courtMarch 10, 2026 The state Capitol’s longest running political conflict — going at least a half-century and still counting — pits…
SSan Jose Read More CA Is Ready to Build 40,000 Affordable Housing Units, But Money Has Run OutMarch 10, 2026 The apartment building planned on East Morris Avenue in Modesto is exactly the kind of thing that California’s…
OOakland Read More Oakland has an unlikely ally in push for environmental justice: the A’sMarch 8, 2026 OAKLAND — Long after leaving Oakland, the A’s are still fighting in court and the California Legislature to…