California Budget

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The data shows how California's top-two primary left GOP voters with few good options—or an option they couldn't stomach—in several key races. 

The midterm elections whittled away all the purple sections of the state now represented by the GOP, leaving only the bleeding-red core.

The 2018 midterm election in California was a highwater mark for women seeking elected office—as well as a reminder of just how male-dominated our politics still are.

Dislike of President Trump motivated many Californians to vote for Democrats and helped the party flip six seats in the U.S. House.

The good news just keeps coming for California Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom. Not only did he win a resounding 60 percent-plus landslide, but he will be greeted by a two-thirds supermajority of fellow Democrats in both houses—more than sufficient to approve a tax increase. Not that he’ll need it any time soon. That’s because he’ll also […]

California school bond measures totaling some $12 billion are on track for approval by voters across the state.