With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento Monday to kick off a new ...

It will be several more months before the political wrangling over the state budget and thousands of proposed bills truly ...

A supermajority of Democrats and an emboldened Republicans return to the Capitol today, at odds over how to lower the cost of ...

Democrats need to show we can deliver real results on affordability,” said state Sen. Scott Wiener of San Francisco.

Each year, the governor and the Legislature spend months negotiating thousands of items in the state budget. With $107 ...

The state budget. Military retirement taxation. Drug treatment facilities. These are among the bills we’re tracking in 2025.

The California quest for a green energy Holy Grail has become a major contributor to soaring monthly electricity bills ...

When the Democrat-dominated California Legislature reconvened this week, its members chanted a new mantra about trying to reduce living costs.

The legislative analyst has a plan to fix the "structural insolvency" of the unemployment benefits fund — but businesses aren ...

California has the second highest electricity rates in the nation that have outpaced inflation, and one state lawmaker has said he's filing legislation to help customers understand why.

Veteran Reps. Pete Aguilar (D-Redlands) and Ted Lieu (D-Torrance) hold the positions of Democratic Caucus chair and vice ...