Head Start is a federal childcare program that serves the country’s lowest-income families — those earning less than $33,000 a year for a family of four.

A November ballot measure would give Ashland voters more control over utility fee increases, despite opposition from several city councilors.

Ashland is weighing how to use a $4 million payment from Asante, with proposals ranging from a local health district to addressing city financial needs.

California’s uninsured rate could nearly double by 2030, with the sharpest losses hitting Black, Asian, and Latino residents in Southern California. A new documentary reveals the human toll behind the numbers, including families navigating Medi-Cal amid immigration raids and looming benefit cuts.

Oregon would join 15 other states that have proposed data center pauses in the last year.

Trinidad Mayor Cheryl Kelly discusses how the tiny Northern California coastal town balances tourism, infrastructure needs and preserving community character.

States do not have time before November’s midterm elections to comply with President Donald Trump’s executive order mandating overhauls of their mail-in-voting systems, officials from California, Oregon and nearly two dozen other states told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

Lawmakers could tackle climate money, wildfires and California Forever before they adjourn for the year and hit the campaign trail.

Department of Transportation leaders say without more revenue they’ll need to eliminate 11% of the agency’s workforce

Advocates are pushing for a survivor justice law like those in other states, but a two-thirds legislative majority presents a major hurdle

Scientists have begun to re-deploy ocean monitoring equipment removed from Pacific Northwest waters by the Trump administration in September.

While the Trump Administration moves to end federal support for bicycle transportation programs, North State Democrat Mike Thompson is sponsoring a House bill to fund bike safety infrastructure and boost U.S. bicycle manufacturing.