Nicole Nixon
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A proposal from Governor Gavin Newsom to impose a “price-gouging penalty” on oil companies in response to record gas prices last year received a skeptical reception from state lawmakers during its first hearing Wednesday.
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A new bill is attempting to bridge disagreements between local elected officials and Governor Gavin Newsom over public spending on homelessness and an apparent lack of progress.
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A week after back-to-back mass shootings in California left 18 people dead, Governor Gavin Newsom threw his support behind a bill to ban concealed weapons in many public spaces and raise the minimum age to hold a concealed carry permit.
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Art, property, stocks, cash and investments owned by Californians worth more than $50 million could be subject to a wealth tax proposed by Assembly member Alex Lee (D-San Jose).
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California’s recent storms have brought record amounts of precipitation but have also revived a perennial debate at the state Capitol over water storage and management.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom marked the beginning of his second term Friday by trying to contrast his agenda with that of Republican leaders in rival states who have moved to restrict abortion, voting access and LGBTQ rights.
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From an election to hundreds of new laws debated and passed, 2022 was full of big political stories in California.
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‘I'm meant to be here’: California’s Legislature will have a record number of women, LGBTQ lawmakersForty-one percent of lawmakers are women and 10% identify as out-LGBTQ, which means California will become the first state to achieve proportional representation for LGBTQ residents, according to Equality California.
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It’s no secret that California drivers pay more on-average for a gallon of gasoline than almost anywhere else in the United States. But finding out exactly why could be more complicated than state regulators bargained for.
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California’s state budget might be facing a deficit of $25 billion next year in what could be the state’s weakest performance since the Great Recession, according to a report by the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s Office released on Wednesday.
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Gavin Newsom will get another term as governor of California after winning re-election Tuesday night, according to a race call from the Associated Press.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom rejected every homelessness plan submitted by cities and counties for the funding, saying “everyone has to do better.” Local governments say they are limited without a statewide plan.