Calif. Lawmakers To Vote On Budget With More Money For Public Schools
California lawmakers are taking up a $117.5 billion spending plan that sends even more money to public schools and adopts a new tax credit for the working poor.
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California lawmakers are taking up a $117.5 billion spending plan that sends even more money to public schools and adopts a new tax credit for the working poor.
The California High Speed Rail authority will no longer be able to spend federal funds on the high-speed rail project under its current $3 billion matching grant with the federal government.
The California Assembly is taking up a highly contested bill to boost vaccination rates in schools.
Democratic state lawmakers are using higher revenue estimates to bolster their argument for spending more on social programs for the poor over Gov. Jerry Brown's cost concerns.
Californians who visit crisis pregnancy centers must know whether the facility is licensed and that abortion is an option under legislation advanced Tuesday by the state Assembly.
California Assembly leaders control a large fund they can use to boost programs of their choice without a single hearing or vote.
One of the nation's toughest bans on plastic exfoliating beads in cosmetics has cleared the California Assembly.
U.S. Senate candidate Loretta Sanchez apologized Sunday after a videotape surfaced showing her making a whooping cry in reference to Native Americans that brought her a cascade of reprimands from fellow Democrats to posts on Twitter.
A panel of appointed citizens has approved 3 percent raises for California Gov. Jerry Brown, top statewide elected officials and state lawmakers.
Retired surgeon Ben Carson declared his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination Monday, resting his longshot bid on his vision of the nation as "a place of dreams" where people can thrive when freed from an overbearing government.
Former Hewlett-Packard CEO Carly Fiorina announced her candidacy for president this morning.
A California lawmaker who is proposing to limit the number of schoolchildren who are exempt from being vaccinated says he's optimistic his bill will advance.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott is the latest state leader on a jobs-poaching trip to California.
According to its records, Paul would become the 223rd candidate to join the 2016 race for president. And he's far from the first Republican to join the race. Josue Larose of Deerfield Beach Florida filed his intent to run a month after then Sen. Barack Obama won the 2008 election.
Democrat Kamala Harris has raised $2.5 million since January for her U.S. Senate campaign in California.
