State Sen. Roger Niello holds a news conference in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which ...

EXIT INTERVIEW — When Jessica Millan Patterson took the reins of the California Republican Party in 2019, the media coverage ...

Immigrants lacking permanent status contribute approximately $8.5 billion in state and local taxes a year, according to an analysis by the California Budget and Policy Center, a nonprofit research ...

A smoldering reaction under the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in Southern California has made its neighbors' lives miserable for almost three years. A bill that seeks to compensate them faces uncertainty ...

A full audit — independent, rigorous and public — could draw a blueprint to root out waste and fraud without theatrics.

At least 2,000 credentialed school staff have received preliminary layoff notices before the March 15 state-mandated deadline ...

California's Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state's general fund — and will likely need even more — to ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom's (D-CA) office said the increase in funding for Medi-Cal, California's Medicaid program, is something other states are also grappling with.

Trump administration officials say budget cuts are necessary to reduce federal spending, but experts warn of long-term implications for our health.

Higher-than-expected costs for low-income health insurance are opening a debate about the extension of Medi-Cal to ...

California's major cities and school districts are facing sizable budget gaps. Much like the state, they have few financial ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Medi-Cal system is seeking a $3.4 billion taxpayer bailout after spending $9.5 billion this year on noncitizen immigrant health care.