August 24, 2018

In their contest to become the next state schools chief, candidates Tony Thurmond and Marshall Tuck clash over whether to pay teachers more in low-income districts.

Highlighting all of CALmatters' work over the past week

Alan Kandel, Fresno Unquestionably. California greenhouse gases peaked in 2004 hitting 492.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, up from 431metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions in 1990. The level in 2016, the last year for which data is available, according to the latest California Air Resources Board data: 429.4 metric tons of […]

Now, in the final days of the legislative session, proponents of a water tax are trying to move a different proposal – a twist on the water tax. Here's why it's still not a good idea.

The California Dream media collaboration is rolling out an exploration of why people fall into homelessness—and the innovative ways governments try to help people keep their own place.

A collection of commentaries by Dan Walters over the past week.

Bird, created in 2017 with venture capital backing, hired a Sacramento lobbyist to push one bill, exempting adults who rent and ride motorized scooters from having to comply with the state’s otherwise strict helmet law.

How many people in California are living on the edge of homelessness? A data dive into housing burden and housing insecurity in the state.