The race to become California’s next governor has kicked into a new gear.

The first lesbian leader of the California Senate is thinking about trying to make history again — with a run for the governor's office.

California lawmakers have finished their work for 2023.

The leader of the California Senate says she will step down from her leadership post.

A California lawmaker wants to end a ban on state-funded travel to states with discriminatory LGBTQ laws.

Voters in reliably red Kentucky rejected a ballot measure aimed at denying any state constitutional protections for abortion while voters in battleground Michigan enshrined abortion rights in their state’s constitution.

California is moving to add wine and distilled spirits containers to its struggling recycling program.

A new bill in the California Legislature would let some nurse practitioners perform abortions without the supervision of a doctor.

California’s governor and legislative leaders are seeking $16.7 million in state money to help resettle Afghan refugees in California.

But housing advocates worry the plan gives landlords too much power to decide what happens to their tenants' debt. In October, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia estimated that California renters had compiled $1.7 billion in unpaid rent. California estimating as many as 1.1 million households were behind on their rent in December, facing an estimated $3.6 billion in debt. The state would pay for the program by using $2.6 billion in federal rent relief money from the most recent coronavirus rescue package. The federal money can only be spent on households whose income is 80% or less of the area median income.