William Alsup, the Senior U.S. District Judge of the Northern District of California, ruled Thursday that multiple agencies ...

Pasadena Unified School District, already reeling from the Eaton fire, faces a multimillion-dollar budget deficit that it aims to lower via staff reductions.

Trump’s early actions, including ordering the US Army Corps of Engineers to open two California dams, have led to concerns ...

In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats in the state Legislature are under pressure to scale back the expansion of ...

The rulings come as the Trump administration had demanded that government agencies submit plans for a second wave of mass ...

A full audit — independent, rigorous and public — could draw a blueprint to root out waste and fraud without theatrics.

State Sen. Roger Niello holds a news conference in the rotunda of the state Capitol in Sacramento on March 13, 2025. Photo by Fred Greaves for CalMatters To cover a budget gap in Medi-Cal — which ...

Across the federal government, agencies face a Thursday deadline for their plans for widespread layoffs and reorganization.

DOGE’s aim to save taxpayers money resonates in California, where taxes soar and deficits loom, Zac Townsend argues.

Immigrants lacking permanent status contribute approximately $8.5 billion in state and local taxes a year, according to an analysis by the California Budget and Policy Center, a nonprofit research ...

A pair of federal judges have ordered President Donald Trump to reinstate thousands of probationary employees from various ...