How Newsom plans to fix California’s projected $37.9-billion deficit
Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday asked California lawmakers to dip into the state’s rainy-day reserves and signaled his desire to potentially delay a minimum wage…
California Assembly shut down by protest calling for Israeli cease-fire in Israel
SACRAMENTO — On the day California lawmakers returned to Sacramento for the new year, hundreds of protesters convened at the state Capitol on Wednesday and shut…
Outgoing Silicon Valley lawmaker Anna Eshoo says big tech needs immigration reform
House Energy and Commerce Committee Health Subcommittee Chair Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) listens to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar as he testifies about the…
Google spends record $1.5 million on lobbying in California
The 30-second video ad struck an ominous tone, urging Californians to tell their lawmakers to vote against legislation that would force Google, Facebook and other…
Environmentalists investing in Big Oil? Inside the surprising stock portfolios of California lawmakers
SACRAMENTO — Environmentalists with stock in oil companies. A vocal social media critic with hundreds of thousands of dollars invested in the owners of Facebook and…
Big pay raise for troops in defense bill sent to Biden
WASHINGTON — The House passed a defense policy bill Thursday that authorizes the biggest pay raise for troops in more than two decades, overcoming objections from…
GOP lawmaker behind profane video goes public against ‘vindictive’ former aides
Williams’ remarkable decision to go public about the feud is a bet that his political future will be improved by laying out its highly personal…
House votes to censure Democratic Rep. Bowman
WASHINGTON — House members voted again Thursday to punish one of their own, targeting Democratic Rep. Jamaal Bowman for triggering a fire alarm in a U.S.…
Kevin McCarthy will retire from Congress at end of year
WASHINGTON — Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will not seek another term in Congress, ending a tumultuous two-decade career in public office that was marked by…
Republican lawmaker George Santos expelled from US House | News
The first-term congressman is the sixth House member to be expelled since Congress began deliberating in 1789 and the first since 2002. United States lawmakers…