The California Legislature passed a record $325 billion preliminary budget, with final details remaining to be hammered out ...

Over the past decade, state spending has doubled while the population has remained largely flat. Officials say employees of ...

A new poll shows that a majority of Californians oppose healthcare for illegal immigrants, reversing previous support, as ...

Rural hospitals often have a high percentage of lower-income patients, many of whom rely on Medi-Cal to afford to see a ...

COVID-19 appears to be on the rise in some parts of California as a new, highly contagious subvariant—featuring "razor blade ...

The California Legislature has rejected many of the spending cuts Gov. Gavin Newsom is seeking to close a $12 billion budget ...

Noozhawk republishes news articles from CalMatters on state and local policy issues that impact Santa Barbara County readers.  A little more than a year ...

California’s addiction to overspending will continue until the governor and legislators whack spending or raise taxes.

Legislators, cutting $3.5 billion in overall funding, endorsed a freeze on state health care for undocumented immigrants but ...

Legislators, cutting $3.5 billion in overall funding, endorsed a freeze on state healthcare for undocumented immigrants but ...

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