The state Senate budget committee approved disbursement of $144 million in federal funds to give child care providers some financial relief.

After a year of planning, key recommendations on the program will go to the California Legislature in mid-December.

The California Consumer Privacy Act empowers consumers to access information that companies collect about them online.

State Sen. Jim Beall said he’d like to introduce one more mental health parity bill before he terms out—though he’s still working out the details.

If some California lawmakers have their way, there will be many more such systems to generate power.

The San Jose City Council will discuss the new local rules when it meets for this week’s regularly scheduled Tuesday session.

Counties shouldn’t be picking up the slack where the state has failed to invest in programs that address sexual and gender-based violence.

It’s clear now, a year since California passed SB 826, that there is momentum toward closing the gender gap in company boardrooms.

Buoyed by a strong economy, the governor sent lawmakers a revised budget that boosts his already-hefty January proposal to $213.6 billion.

Court officials say there’s no “surplus,” however, and that the state needs a better way to assess how many judges each county needs.

That plan would have cost California at least $20 billion—and up to $70 billion, by some estimates.

Despite legalization, thousands of prior convictions continue to prevent people from joining the newly expanded legal market.

The votes were the first in what figures to be a lengthy battle between two of the state’s most powerful education interests.

County officials are poised to roll back a landmark local policy amid public outcry over the murder of Bambi Larson.

The program would make San Jose eligible for state funds to incorporate minority and lower-income dispensary workers into the local industry.

A $10 million stashbox is set aside for the program as part of the California Cannabis Equity Act, which Gov. Jerry Brown signed last year.