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Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign California's $96.3 billion budget for the coming fiscal year, a spending plan that ends years of deficits and includes more money for disadvantaged students.
Wendy Montgomery and her family greeted Wednesday's news that the Supreme Court overturned the Defense of Marriage Act and said would not rule on Proposition 8 with a smile.
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for same-sex marriage in California by holding that defenders of California's gay marriage ban did not have the right to appeal lower court rulings striking down the ban.
California lawmakers on Tuesday will consider a swiftly drafted constitutional amendment that would affirm the public's right to inspect documents held by local governments while clarifying who should pay for making them available.
Senate Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg told reporters Thursday he's considering running for Sacramento mayor. The senate leader will be looking for a new public office once he's termed out at the capitol next year.
Legislative leaders on Friday took a long-term step to end a controversy over access to documents, introducing a constitutional amendment to mandate that local governments comply with the California Public Records Act.
California's unemployment rate fell to 8.6 percent in May, marking the first time in nearly five years the jobless number has dipped below 9 percent, the state Employment Development Department reported Friday.
Gov. Jerry Brown is expected to sign fix-it legislation that restores a mandate for local governments to comply with document requests.
A panel of federal judges has rejected Gov. Jerry Brown's attempt to circumvent its long-standing order for reducing California's prison population.
The compensation commission approved restoring wages back to the 2011 levels by a 5-1 vote.
The deadline to obtain any unclaimed property the city of Sacramento possesses is quickly approaching.
The Legislature passed a major piece of the federal Affordable Care Act on Saturday, opting to expand Medicaid to 1.4 million low-income Californians, as it rushed to meet its deadline to complete a state budget.
California's Legislature has passed the state's massive spending plan amid sharp divisions over whether the Democratic budget will further the state's recovery or eventually return it to the multibillion-dollar deficits common during the recession.
Planning a party for thousands of people would be a challenge under the best of circumstances. Now imagine trying to pull off such a gathering without knowing what day it should happen or if there even will be cause for celebration.
California's largest public employee union says it has reached a tentative agreement with Gov. Jerry Brown on a new three-year contract that includes raises for 95,000 state workers.
