Newsom’s presidential ambition complicates his final California budget
Gov. Gavin Newsom addresses the media while releasing the budget revision in Sacramento on May 14, 2025. (Photo…
Will this be the year California makes kindergarten mandatory? • The Mendocino Voice
This article is part of a partnership between the Mendocino Voice and nonprofit newsroom CalMatters to bring relevant…
Linking California with the Minnesota food aid probe is a stretch
An applicant signs up for food stamps, known as CalFresh in California, at a low-income health clinic in…
Could this mysterious California news site influence the 2026 election? • The Mendocino Voice
This article is part of a partnership between the Mendocino Voice and nonprofit newsroom CalMatters to bring relevant…
Newsom casts California as a foil to the Trump agenda in his final State of the State
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Gov. Gavin Newsom promoted California as…
This change could deliver billions of more dollars to California schools. Here’s the tradeoff
Quick Take By basing funding on enrollment, not attendance numbers, California schools would lose the incentive to get…
California’s budget outlook turns grim amid deepening deficit despite strong revenues
GOV. GAVIN NEWSOMÂ opened last year with a rosy forecast: Buoyed by $17 billion more in revenue than previously…
Trump’s immigration crackdown upended life in California. It continues as the new year begins
IN 2025, California became the frontline of a federal playbook for more militarized immigration enforcement. Raids on California streets…
California needs both clean energy and a nuclear-power backstop
The Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. (File photo courtesy pf PG&E) This column was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for…
New CA law rewrites car-buying rules with return policy
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California lawmakers made major changes to the state’s car-buying…
A new California law requires tortillas to include an extra ingredient. Here’s why
Quick Take Starting in 2026, California tortillas will contain folic acid to help prevent birth defects — a…
The 2026 election cycle could be one of the oddest in California’s history
The state capitol building in Sacramento. (Photo courtesy of the state Assembly) This column was originally published by CalMatters. Sign…