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 ...

California and 19 other states plus Washington D.C. pushed back today against the Trump administration’s gutting of the Department of Education, saying the impact would be catastrophic for millions of ...

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 ...