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SAFETY. GIVING YOU A LIVE LOOK NOW FROM THE STATE CAPITOL AND THE REDISTRICTING BATTLE BETWEEN CALIFORNIA AND TEXAS. IT’S STILL GOING ON, AND MANY ARE NOW QUESTIONING IF A VOTE AT THE STATE CAPITOL ...

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SEVERAL CHARGES. TEXAS DEMOCRATS HAVE TEMPORARILY PREVENTED THEIR STATE’S HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FROM REDRAWING THEIR CONGRESSIONAL MAP. THEY LEFT THE STATE TO BLOCK A VOTE ON THE REPUBLICAN LED ...

According to the nonpartisan California Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO), homes in California are about twice as expensive as the typical U.S. home. The LAO found that “[p]ayments for a mid-tier ...

California Republicans are firming up their opposition to the proposed redistricting measure that Democrats are fast-tracking through the state Legislature SACRAMENTO — California’s push to redraw the ...

On September 13, 2025, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 79 (“SB 79), authored by Senator Scott Wiener, representing one of the most important land use reforms of the 2025 legislative session, one ...

Over the weekend, lawmakers in Sacramento passed a suite of energy-related bills pushed by Gov. Gavin Newsom that came forward in the final days of the California legislative session. The measures ...

SACRAMENTO — With diversity programs under full assault by the Trump administration, California lawmakers are considering a measure that would allow state colleges to consider whether applicants are ...

Legislators are making fast work on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s redistricting proposal this week — but not without some procedural hiccups led by Republicans who oppose the effort. Elections committees in ...

Of the dozens of wildfire-related bills that legislators were quick to introduce in the wake of the wildfires that ravaged greater Los Angeles in January, roughly half of the ones tracked by Southern ...