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California's top-two primary allows every voice to be heard at the ballot box. The unpredictable gubernatorial primary this year isn't a good enough reason to scrap it.

California's Prop. 36 gave certain people facing criminal charges an option to have their cases dropped if they complete drug treatment. Now, counties are on their own to figure out how to provide it.

Last year the White House suspended or cancelled more than 1,000 California science grants. This bond measure would restore some of that funding.

With proposals to tax the rich, Gavin Newsom is playing to a 2028 national audience anxious about artificial intelligence. As governor, he’s walked a fine line on taxes for years.

Hospitals and a healthcare union have agreed to pull rival initiatives from the ballot, but a proposed one-time 5% tax on billionaires remains headed to November voters.

California voters will decide on 14 statewide policy proposals come November, including the high-stakes billionaire tax, an $11 billion affordable housing bond and voter ID requirements.

New California law limits medical cost recoveries from ride-hailing crashes, imposes new driver background check rules

Ahead of a Thursday deadline, California Democrats are striking deals with interest groups to kick controversial measures off the November ballot. They are also finalizing a pair of ballot measures to fund affordable housing and allow the state to save more money in financially good years

A California union wants to tax billionaires to fund healthcare. The initiative has drawn fierce opposition from Newsom and Silicon Valley moguls.

Cozy arrangements between doctors, medical imaging centers, chiropractors and personal injury lawyers lead to insurance fraud, high premiums.