California’s Medicaid program has borrowed $3.4 billion from the state’s general fund — and will likely need even more — to ...

The Senate is set to vote today on a House GOP stopgap bill to fund the government until September. Given the GOP’s 53-seat Senate majority and already one pledged no vote from the caucus, at least ...

DOGE’s aim to save taxpayers money resonates in California, where taxes soar and deficits loom, Zac Townsend argues.

OPINION- California’s state budget is mired in what fiscal authorities call a “structural deficit,” meaning its revenues cannot keep up with spending mandated by current law.

State Sen. Roger Niello holds a news conference in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which provides health ...

You know cheap tickets exist, but how do you find them? OneAir uses advanced AI technology to scan, track, and share the very ...

Immigrants lacking permanent status contribute approximately $8.5 billion in state and local taxes a year, according to an analysis by the California Budget and Policy Center, a nonprofit research ...

The Senate is preparing to give final approval to a bill that could result in harsher prison sentences for fentanyl ...

A full audit — independent, rigorous and public — could draw a blueprint to root out waste and fraud without theatrics.

Most single jobless people get 393 pounds a month plus some housing costs, while those deemed too sick to work receive 810 ...

California's healthcare coverage for undocumented immigrants faces budget cuts as costs exceed estimates, challenging the state’s financial stability.

Pasadena Unified School District, already reeling from the Eaton fire, faces a multimillion-dollar budget deficit that it aims to lower via staff reductions.