CalMatters

Medical journal study says life expectancy for California’s Latinos fell six years, more than other populations during pandemic.

A new report uses Cal/OSHA data to show how California food production employers failed to keep workers safe from COVID-19.

Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature agreed to create an inspector general job for high-speed rail as part of a compromise that they hope will get the project moving and end with an actual train.

Proposition 47 removed the threat of jail time for simple drug possession. Now participation in drug courts is way down.

Gov. Newsom and the Legislature cut a California cannabis tax, but not everyone is convinced it’s enough to stabilize the legal market. Social equity operators say the changes don’t do nearly enough to help them.

The California Living Wage Act proposal to raise the minimum wage failed to qualify for the November ballot.

Like many other states, California forbids slavery but allows involuntary servitude for prisoners. A bid to ask voters to change via a constitutional amendment failed in the legislature.

The Supreme Court’s decision to limit federal environmental protection rules will have little-to-no effect on California’s carbon-reduction policies, according to experts — and state leaders say they are doubling down on their climate commitment.

After months of signature gathering, fundraising and legislative wrangling, we have a not-so-short list of ballot measures that you can vote on this fall.

The governor’s plan irritated legislators who objected to the last-minute brokering of the deal and its reliance on fossil fuels to keep the lights on.

In L.A. County, Sheriff Alex Villanueva said he expects concealed carry permits to jump to 50,000 from the current 3,100 in place.

State lawmakers are considering funding that could save California’s Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant in their bid to avoid power shortages.