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Angela Hart/KFF Health NewsSen. John Kennedy of Louisiana is taking aim at California’s Medicaid program for providing housing assistance, food, and other social services to high-need, low-income patients who tend to rack up big healthcare costs and, he argued, strain taxpayer funds. -
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMattersA new lawsuit and new bills are pushing the state’s gas-price debate beyond refineries, toward retail pricing, algorithms and brand contracts.
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Most condemned California prisoners will never be released, but some of them gained new opportunities after Gov. Newsom suspended the death penalty. -
Gov Gavin Newsom made job training and the creation of a master plan for career education part of his agenda. Now, key workforce initiatives may get no new funding. -
State lawmakers’ budget plan would reject or delay many of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s social service cuts. Now, the budget negotiations begin in earnest. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom said the Trump administration appears to be investigating him and his wife, a step that the Democrat said is meant to intimidate him as he considers a run for president. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom endorsed new carbon market rules that could drastically shrink the state’s funding for climate projects, threatening the spending deal he struck with legislators last year. Senate Democrats aren’t having it. -
In an AI executive order, the governor called on state officials to study everything from job subsidies to stock compensation policies to mitigate tech-driven layoffs. -
California tax revenue is soaring thanks to tech stocks. But Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing more cuts, warning that the boom won’t last and Trump cuts will hit the state hard. -
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s CARE Court struggles to serve Californians in acute mental health crises. Two bills are moving forward to change that. -
A California emergency declaration could help fund recovery from a fire that destroyed seven businesses in downtown Arcata, though no aid is guaranteed. -
The Trump administration ordered the restart of a Santa Barbara oil pipeline shut since the 2015 Refugio spill, invoking emergency powers under the Defense Production Act. But California officials say the move defies court orders and state oversight. -
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has positioned himself as a national public health leader by staking out science-backed policies in contrast with the Trump administration. -
The nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office, or LAO, is recommending state lawmakers reject Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $200 million zero-emission vehicle incentive program.
