We know how legislatures work: lawmakers introduce bills, debate on them and vote yes or no. Right? Not exactly. Of the 2,403 bills that died in the recent two-year
When the Great Recession struck California 17 years ago and hundreds of thousands of workers lost their jobs, the state’s unemployment insurance system crashed. The employer-financed program quickly exhausted
Diane Moss lost her home in the Santa Monica Mountains after power lines ignited the apocalyptic Woolsey Fire in 2018. Since then, she’s pressed for a safer electric grid
California prisons are no longer withholding money they are supposed to give people at the time of their release, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation memo obtained
In one of Los Angeles’ oldest neighborhoods, a tidy elementary school sits on ground it has occupied for nearly a century, proudly displaying its “gold ribbon” from the state of
With strong bipartisan support, career and technical education programs are poised to be a centerpiece of education policy over the next few years — both federally and in California. That’s
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, California Democrats are developing new plans to strengthen the state’s abortion protections.
Attorney General Rob Bonta today announced two legislative proposals
The California Assembly will limit the number of bills each member can introduce from 50 each two-year session to 35, according to house rules that will be adopted at the
By Ryan Sabalow
Special to the Daily Press
The Republican caucus in California’s Legislature is growing more diverse as Latino and Asian American candidates apparently flipped three Democrat-held seats,
California’s workplace safety board recently approved an indoor heat protection standard and urged Cal/OSHA to put it into full effect as quickly as possible. Nearly two decades after
Former President Donald Trump evaded serious injury, or death, by mere centimeters after a bullet struck his upper right ear during a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania. The Republican presidential
