Dan Walters

California Gov. Gavin Newsom boasted of a $97.5 billion budget surplus in 2022, but a year later, it morphed into a $31-plus billion deficit. What happened?

When Gov. Gavin Newsom returns from his overseas travel, he will find a state whose economy seems to be slowing.

In the latest round of academic testing, California's nearly 6 million public school students continue to lag behind in educational skills. But the Pentagon's school system should show California the way to success.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta praised Placer County's prosecution of a fentanyl supplier responsible for the death of a teenage girl, but was AWOL when the Legislature was considering bills to address the fentanyl crisis.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 365 last week, he opened a new front in a complex, decades-long political and legal war between employers and unions.

Newsom, one of California's most liberal governors, rejected many bills favored by the left, giving progressives a handful of victories.

The U.S. Supreme Court will examine laws in Florida and Texas that seek to affect how social media platforms moderate content. Meanwhile, a new lawsuit challenges a law in California on the same issue.

The state government is making several direct and indirect efforts to close California's housing gap, marked by its inadequate supply and high demand. The crisis has so far defied those efforts.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom once pledged to implement single-payer health care but later backed away. He just signed a bill that takes a tiny step toward the holy grail of those on the political left.

While many wait to see how Gov. Gavin Newsom handles hundreds of bills on his desk, others await the looming deadline for tax returns to see whether the state will face another multibillion-dollar deficit.