California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law that will raise taxes on guns and ammunition. The federal government already taxes guns at 10% or 11%.
A federal judge has struck down a California law banning gun magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. U.S.
California’s insurance commissioner says he will write new rules for insurers in the nation’s most populous state.
A new plan from California’s insurance commissioner aims to keep the nation’s top insurers from leaving the wildfire-prone state.
California regulators have ordered Arrowhead bottled water to stop using some natural springs in the San Bernardino National Forest.
California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023. The Legislature sent hundreds of bills to Democratic Gov.
The California Legislature has voted to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at avoiding blackouts by shoring up the state’s power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast’s fledgling offshore wind industry.
Power bills for about 16 million people in Northern California will likely increase soon. The California Public Utilities Commission released two proposed rate decisions for Pacific Gas & Electric on Wednesday.
Legislative workers at the California Capitol are close to forming their first labor union. State lawmakers on Wednesday approved a bill that allows state workers in the Legislature to organize.
California lawmakers are working through hundreds of bills before the legislative session ends on Thursday.
Nearly 1 million California workers would win major salary increases under a pair of bills in the state Legislature.
California lawmakers have voted to limit when local governments can count election ballots by hand. Local leaders in Shasta County decided to get rid of the voting machines it uses to tabulate ballots.
California lawmakers have voted to raise taxes on guns and ammunition sales in the state. The proposed tax passed the state Senate on Thursday.
California lawmakers have voted to outlaw discrimination based on caste. California would be the first state to do this if Democratic Gov.
Many of the major reforms to ticket sellers in the U.S. have failed to pass this year. The proposals were inspired in part by complaints from fans who were unable to buy tickets last fall to Taylor Swift’s summer stadium tour.
The leader of the California Senate says she will step down from her leadership post. Toni Atkins was the first woman and the first openly gay person to lead the California Senate.
Some California lawmakers want to make striking workers eligible for unemployment benefits. The push in the final weeks of the state’s legislative session is in response to multiple strikes.
President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to investigate how California manages its water. Some Native American tribes and environmental groups say the state has discriminated against them.
As wildfires tear through the Hawaiian island of Maui, residents of a Northern California town are reliving their own harrowing experience with a similar conflagration.
Once the dams are gone, crews will work to replant billions of seeds from native plants. Native American tribes spent years gathering seeds by hand and officials say the goal is to give native plants an advantage over invasive species such as starthistle.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has offered to help negotiate an end to the strikes that have hobbled Hollywood. Writers have been on strike since May.
Health insurance premiums on Covered California will increase an average of 9.6% next year. But state officials say most people will avoid price hikes because of government assistance programs.
Death Valley is putting a sizzling exclamation point on a record warm summer across the globe as it flirts with some of the hottest temperatures ever recorded.
Democrats in the California Legislature have revived a bill that would increase penalties for child traffickers.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has stepped in to help revive a bill that would increase penalties for child trafficking. The bill by Republican state Sen.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom says looming multi-billion budget deficits will not change his agenda for his second term in office.
Some of the nation’s largest truck makers have pledged to not sell new gas-powered vehicles in California by the middle of the next decade.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom and environmental groups are clashing over some climate policies. Newsom considers himself a part of the environmental movement.
California Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon is preparing to step down. Rendon will hand over the gavel to Assemblymember Robert Rivas on Friday.
California lawmakers have passed a nearly $311 billion state budget. The package covers a nearly $32 billion deficit through a combination of spending cuts, delayed spending and borrowing.