June 30, 2014 | Ben Adler
The U.S. Supreme Court’s “Hobby Lobby” decision will only have a limited effect in California because it does not affect a 15-year-old California law that requires health insurance plans to include birth control.
June 30, 2014 | Max Pringle
California state employees will be getting the first pay raise many of them have had in years starting Tuesday.
June 27, 2014 | Max Pringle
A law that extends California’s paid family leave benefit to people caring for grandchildren, grandparents, siblings and in-laws will go into effect July 1. The original law took effect on the same day 10 years ago.
June 26, 2014 | Ben Adler
California voters will decide this fall whether some low-level drug and theft offenses should be tried as misdemeanors instead of felonies. Meanwhile, the Legislature and Board of Equalization are pushing policies to help the food industry.
June 25, 2014 | Ben Adler
A bill moving through the California legislature could help some college graduates get help from the state in refinancing their student loans.
June 25, 2014 | Pauline Bartolone
The drought -- with an assist from state money -- is driving new proposals for reuse of sewage water.
June 24, 2014 | Ben Adler
School districts, teachers and state taxpayers will each chip in more money to stabilize the California State Teachers Retirement System under a measure signed Tuesday by Governor Jerry Brown.
June 24, 2014 | Ben Adler
California Gov. Jerry Brown is telling legislative leaders that he opposes the existing $11 billion water bond currently slated for the November ballot and wants a $6 billion bond measure instead.
June 23, 2014 | Ben Adler
A test vote on an alternate California water bond failed Monday in the state Senate as talks enter a crucial phase. One lawmaker suggested Gov. Jerry Brown will put his own "guiding principles" forward in the coming days.
June 23, 2014 | Max Pringle
People fearing that a mentally unstable person may be about to commit a violent act could file a restraining order to have their firearms confiscated under a bill now in the California legislature.
