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11/18/2024

Between the summer session of the California Legislature featuring hot topics like AI regulation and money for journalism, and a special one focusing on gas prices, powerful corporations poured in record-setting money to influence lawmakers.

11/18/2024

Kern and Tulare county taxpayers are on the hook for a special election after Republican Vince Fong won his Congressional seat along with an Assembly seat he no longer wanted.

11/18/2024

Voters in California’s farm belt, stretching more than 400 miles from Kern County on the south to Tehama County on the north, delivered solid majorities for Donald Trump in this month’s presidential election.

11/17/2024

California laws governing health insurance, access to abortion and health care for undocumented immigrants could be contested during a second Trump administration.

11/17/2024

California immigrants with DACA status are newly eligible to buy insurance through the Affordable Care Act. Donald Trump’s election creates uncertainty about the future of the program.

11/15/2024

A building set to have forty apartment units with four retail stores is under construction at the intersection of Wilshire and 6th Street in Santa Monica. May 24, 2023. Photo by Zaydee Sanchez for CalMatters

11/14/2024

Aaron Barajas, an insurance agent who voted for President-elect Donald Trump in 2024, in front of his office in Merced on Nov. 7, 2024. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local

11/14/2024

In part due to economic and border security concerns, Latinos in California appear to have moved toward Donald Trump. But that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re abandoning the Democratic Party.

11/14/2024

Declining enrollment, the end of pandemic relief funding and uncertain state funding are forcing school districts to make some difficult decisions.

11/14/2024

ValleyBuild is a workforce development program that helps applicants into apprenticeships for construction trades.

11/14/2024

It got lost in the massive attention paid — with good reason — to Donald Trump’s triumphant return to the presidency, but a quiet revolution occurred in Los Angeles County.

11/13/2024

Donald Trump supporters at an event called the MAGA Kingdom Hollywood Takeover in Los Angeles on Nov. 9, 2024. Photo by Mark Abramson for CalMatters

11/13/2024

More than 115,000 children in California were undocumented in the most recent census count, and it’s estimated almost half of California children have at least one immigrant parent.

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