The Jan. 31 deadline to pass two-year bills out of their house of origin has come and gone. Now, California lawmakers have ...

A bipartisan group of state Assembly members today announced a package of bills to crack down on dangerous drivers and address some of the roadway safety issues CalMatters uncovered as part of its ...

California is nowhere close to replacing its gas tax with a mileage-based fee system, but that has not stopped a swath of ...

Democrat Taylor Rehmet flipped a reliably Republican state Senate district in Texas in Saturday's special election, ...

Assembly Bill 1627 would disqualify former ICE agents who served from 2025-2029 from employment in California's public ...

Senators warn that centralizing state voter registration rolls at the DOJ could jeopardize privacy.

Trump has tried to pressure the Fed to lower interest rates ...

Watch now: Washington races to end a government shutdown. Plus, Epstein victims push to take the DOJ site offline. The post ...

Hakeem Jeffries said Republicans "done eff'd up in Texas" on redistricting, predicting GOP will fall short of flipping five congressional seats in 2026.

SACRAMENTO — We relearned something from the killings of two law-abiding citizens by federal immigration agents in Minneapolis: There’s a limit to how many government lies the public will tolerate.

A newspaper owned by Rupert Murdoch delivered a sharp warning to President Donald Trump after a high-profile Republican loss.

Co-founder Dave Lesher turned CalMatters into one of California’s most influential newsrooms — and launched new tools to make your government transparent ...