Immigration fills many service-based jobs in resort towns in Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes. Rural hospitals need federal ...

As Texas, under pressure from President Trump, considers redrawing congressional lines to boost GOP numbers in Congress, ...

With the passage of a state budget-related housing bill, the California Environmental Quality Act will be a non-issue for a decisive swath of urban residential development in California. In practice, ...

Saturday’s mass “No Kings” protests are a wrap, but the points of tension animating California's reenergized resistance to the Trump administration are very much unresolved.

California Democrats finally stopped outsourcing their policy judgment to their favorite lobbies. California just demolished ...

California's legislative leaders are working on their promises to address affordability, but voters are growing more concerned about their financial future.

California lawmakers going big on pro-development bills — not so much on renter protection By Ben Christopher | CalMatters Published Jun 11, 2025 11:00 AM ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — We’ve obviously entered some strange political times, with notable examples including conservative Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., joining with Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vt., in ...

But first, this week's lead story is on California's latest effort to reform its development-killing environmental review ... we appreciate that they stood up to political pressure calling for rent ...

The South Carolina Democratic Party invited Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-California) to SC as part of state tour, rural voter ...

Three decades after that great California political rupture, ... “Whether it’s post-Prop. 187 or post-9/11 for middle eastern South Asian communities, ...