California Jobless Rate Declines For Third Straight Month
California's unemployment rate has dropped to 12 percent, but the number of payroll jobs in the state in March also fell from the previous month.
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California's unemployment rate has dropped to 12 percent, but the number of payroll jobs in the state in March also fell from the previous month.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry and California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom staged something of a bipartisan summit Thursday in Austin, where a delegation from the Golden State came to see how jobs are being created in the Lone Star State.
When it comes to creating a favorable climate for business, California's natural environment may be more important than the regulatory one created by state lawmakers, according to new research.
The sponsors of California's same-sex marriage ban want the now-retired federal judge who declared Proposition 8 unconstitutional to surrender videotapes of the trial that led to his ruling.
Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation requiring California utilities to get one-third of their power from renewable sources, giving the state the most aggressive alternative energy mandate in the U.S.
California lawmakers are looking to expand the state's workplace smoking ban, adding hotel lobbies, break rooms and even tobacco stores to the list of places where you can't light up.
The Solano County Sheriff expects an influx of about 400 new inmates in local jails over the next three years under a new law that requires county facilities to house low-level state prison inmates.
An independent state watchdog unit said dozens of employees at a California prison were paid more than $270,000 for hours they did not work.
A state legislative committee has rejected a Republican lawmaker's bills targeting illegal immigration in California.
California would collect more of the taxes people owe when they buy items online from out-of-state companies under a bill that is moving through the state Legislature over the objections of Amazon.com and other Internet retailers.
For the first time in four years California's recreational Chinook salmon fishermen are gearing up for what is expected to be a normal-length season.
It has been months since the cash for appliances rebate program ended, and many Californians are still waiting for their checks from the state.
California lawmakers moved ahead Thursday with a bill that would make it easier for farmworkers to unionize, acting over the objections of Republicans and the business community.
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Gov. Jerry Brown has declared an official end to California's drought as state water officials reported one of the wettest years of snow buildup in the Sierra Nevada.
Heavy snow and drenching rains have left California reservoirs at high levels. The Sierra Nevada snowpack was 159 percent of normal as of Friday.
Minuscule amounts of radiation from Japan's damaged nuclear plant continue to reach the West Coast, including California, but scientists say it poses no health risk.
In California, home to two seaside nuclear plants located close to earthquake fault lines, federal officials said four of the 11 stationary monitors were offline for repairs or maintenance last week.
California's unemployment rate has slipped lower for the second month in a row as the state added nearly 100,000 jobs in February. But the employment situation is still worse than the national average.
Only a slim majority of likely California voters now support a special election on tax extensions to close the state's budget deficit, according to a poll released Wednesday.
State education officials are reporting that about 30 percent of California students attend schools in 110 districts that are in serious financial trouble.
Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders began a new week of budget negotiations Monday with optimism, even as they admitted little progress on how to address the remainder of California's $26.6 billion shortfall.
Production problems with the manufacture of California's new high-tech driver's licenses have led to lengthy delays for tens of thousands of drivers waiting for new cards.
California Republicans meet in Sacramento this weekend at a time of high tension within the party.
The first radioactive fallout from Japan's crippled nuclear plant reached California early Friday, but the readings indicate levels far below those that could endanger people.
