CalMatters

Public radio and TV stations across California say they are cutting local programming and laying off staff after Congress approved major funding cuts.

California voters in 2016 passed a ballot initiative championed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that in part required background checks for ammunition purchases. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals found that provision violates the 2nd Amendment.

Cal State has a budget shortfall that now totals $2.3 billion. It has laid off workers, cut classes and says it can’t give pay raises.

Only a handful of Planned Parenthood organizations will continue to receive money from the federal government. None of them are in California.

California will get the federal money withheld for after-school programs, but spending must comply with Trump’s priorities.

The changes Congress made will hit Covered California and likely drive up health insurance costs for 2 million Californians.

Nearly a third of Cal/OSHA positions were vacant last year, and a new state audit found that caused the agency to skip in-person inspections, even when workers were injured.

Federal agents arrested hundreds of workers after immigration sweeps at a California cannabis company, stoking fears that President Donald Trump might target the marijuana industry.

Despite fears the federal government will use personal information from financial aid applications to identify immigrant parents who lack legal status, the number of high school senior applicants from mixed-status families has not decreased as much as some thought it would, according to the California Student Aid Commission.

Federal cuts to AmeriCorps led to laying off 5,600 of California's public service workers. Because of a lawsuit, the state’s program can temporarily restart.