CalMatters

A federal judge sided with UCLA in ordering the Trump administration to restore hundreds of health and science research grants.

Critical benefits from the Social Security Administration and Medicare will keep flowing in a government shutdown. But you could notice delays if it drags on.

Gov. Gavin Newsom is weighing legislation that would allow California renters to fight eviction if their Social Security checks are disrupted by DOGE and Trump.

The report details demographics and recidivism rates for five of the most significant resentencing policies implemented between 2012 and 2022.

56,000. 2.7 million. 840,000. Why is one of California’s most pressing policy problems so hard to measure?

Lawmakers were mostly thwarted this year in trying to crack down on data centers to protect water supplies and California electricity rates.

Local history projects are some of the biggest casualties as 19 California campuses are missing over $5.2 million in canceled federal grants.

LA Unified Superintendent Alberto Carvalho, himself formerly an immigrant without legal status, has been outspoken in his support of immigrant families.

"I've been living in the real world," Calderon says in a new ad featuring his wife and kids. Calderon left the Legislature to focus on his family.

Experts worry liberal California will be blacklisted from federal homelessness dollars, effectively counteracting recent progress.

California’s legal weed industry is still overshadowed by the larger black market. A new state law gives businesses a break by delaying a tax increase.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed laws to restrict ICE at schools and hospitals. A similar California law shielding courthouses from immigration enforcement shows they may be difficult to enforce.