Google, oil companies and utilities helped push California lobbying to a record $540 million in 2024, up 10% from the year before.

A dozen bills proposed in Sacramento would make it harder to confront local officials at public meetings, shield more information from the public and relax rules on financial reports.

The proposed bill is likely to face pushback from businesses and legal challenges, primarily over the question of whether the bill would infringe on federal law.

AI can help businesses charge you more based on how it evaluates your personal history and desires. California lawmakers want to end that price discrimination.

California is the only state that doesn’t allow any tax exemptions on military retirement income.

Many California community colleges have tried — and failed — to secure state grants to build more student housing.

Assembly Speaker Robert Rivas pledged to tackle affordability in 2025, but Democratic lawmakers’ plans to address Trump cuts, housing costs, energy, insurance, grocery bills and inflation remain unclear.

Recent California laws were supposed to supercharge the construction of desperately needed housing. Critics say they haven’t even come close.

California’s new Low Carbon Fuel Standard offers incentives for cleaner fuels and would raise gasoline and diesel fuel prices.

Critics say a bill approved last year by the Legislature and sponsored by Assemblymember Ash Kalra of San Jose was the product of secret negotiations.

The Cal State system is bracing for a cut of $375 million — a result of rising costs and declining enrollment. University officials warn of fewer classes and faculty layoffs.

The state’s plan to fix the insurance crisis had barely rolled out when the Los Angeles wildfires began. Can the market recover and stabilize?

The governor expects a small California budget surplus after facing a deficit one year ago.

Today, artificial intelligence infrastructure is dominated by just three companies: Amazon, Google and Microsoft.

California legislators want to limit deportation actions at schools, but they can’t ban immigration officials.

A supermajority of Democrats and emboldened Republicans returned to the Capitol this week — at odds over the cost of living, the Trump presidency, state spending, tech innovations and reparations for descendants of people once enslaved.