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The plan to have a plan illustrates the challenges that lie ahead to address what may be the largest budget deficit in state history.
Newsom’s ballot measure is teetering toward passage by the barest of margins.
With the Senate primary over in California, political energy turns to hot House races and the Golden State’s power to shape control of Congress.
A handful of super PACs have spent more than $21 million on California’s Senate race so far and have at least $71 million more at their disposal.
California’s streak of female representation in the Senate may come to an end after this year’s election — and women appear to be a leading reason.
On Monday night in San Francisco, the top four candidates in the race squared off in their second debate, spending an hour fielding some pretty cutting questions — including whether they thought President Biden and former President Trump were too old to run.
It was a wild week in Washington, D.C., that included decisions by two California politicians to buck their parties, unusual moves in the nation’s highly partisan fight over immigration.
California Republicans and Democrats are leaving their ideological corners and stepping into an unfamiliar bipartisan middle ground.
With three serious candidates in the race so far, the conversation about the next governor is beginning in California.
A new documentary about Times columnist George Skelton includes interviews with politicians he’s covered over decades reporting on California politics.