Economy

Here’s who is eligible for a 2022 gas rebate, how you will get it, when and how much you should expect.

A disproportionate share of catalytic converter thefts happen in California. Here’s what lawmakers are trying to do about it, and why one law-enforcement backed approach didn’t make it out of Sacramento.

The campaigns for Propositions 26 and 27 on this November’s ballot have made a wide variety of claims, especially about how the money gleaned from sports betting in California will get distributed.

Native American tribes have huge sway over what kinds of gambling can be done where in California, and sports betting is no different.

A first-in-in the nation bill that would protect kids’ privacy online passed out of the California Legislature. Here’s what it does, and what happens next.

The governor announced his decision on Labor Day. Supporters swayed moderate Democrats by removing a provision that would have put fast food corporations on the hook for labor violations at franchise locations.

The state agency that handles unemployment benefits pursued lowering costs and hindering fraud over making it easy for workers to access benefits, a new report found.

A judge rules that a proposition to raise the California minimum wage to $18 an hour can't go before voters until 2024. The same judge gave backers of recalling Gov. Gavin Newsom more time to qualify, but in this case he backed the Secretary of State, who said proponents missed a key deadline to qualify in time for this November.

A state-run small business grant program caused a state-run small business loan program, launched around the same time, to fall short of expectations, a recent report shows.

Californians who don’t file taxes — because they don’t earn enough to owe any — won’t receive the new round of state payments. That includes some seniors and disabled people, as well as some of the lowest-income adults.