California's current budget tops $300 billion, the largest by far of any state. Newsom and the state Legislature now must come up with a plan to cover this deficit.

California's Latino population could bear the brunt of SNAP changes due to high rates of food insecurity and other factors.

Looming funding cuts threaten the academic progress of Black students in districts across California, according to a report by researchers at the University of Southern California. “The Cost of Equity ...

On Monday of this week, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a series of budget bills worth more than $100 billion, giving the most detailed glimpse yet into how the state’s huge budget ...

California overestimated what it thought would be a jaw-dropping $54 billion budget deficit, creating a one-time $26 billion windfall for lawmakers to spend next year, the state's nonpartisan ...

SB 525 is one of the most expensive laws California has seen in years and comes as the state faces a $14-billion budget deficit that could grow larger if revenue projections continue to fall short ...

Covered California, the state's Affordable Care Act health insurance marketplace, estimates that up to 660,000 of the 2 ...

California will have a budget shortfall of $54.3 billion because of the economic devastation wrought by the coronavirus, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Thursday, a deficit so large ...

Today and through this week, the Assembly and Senate will conduct hearings on Newsom’s proposals. The Legislature faces a June 15 deadline to approve its version.. Jesse Gabriel, who leads the ...

Trump’s efforts to constrain immigration during his first term played out in a similar fashion; by 2019, the unemployment rate had dropped to 3.5%, its lowest level since 1969, with earnings up 3.5% ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With a $38 billion budget deficit to solve, there are more losers than winners in the plan put forward Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Mary Creasman, California ...

Without Newsom's efforts, major reforms to California's stifling environmental laws would have died on the vine.