By Lauren Hepler and Marisa Kendall, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. As COVID-19 tore through California, Jennifer…
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Sacramento City Unified lays off 503 employees to fight $170M deficit Sacramento City Unified School District is facing a major financial deficit of $170.5 million…
A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system. By Mark Kreidler, Capital & Main Just as California’s billionaires would prefer,…
By Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Students may soon be able to earn bachelor’s degrees…
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California K-12 schools have come a long way over…
The City of Sacramento proposes a fiscal year $1.7 billion budget for 2026-27 that affects more than 400 full-time-equivalent positions. The City of Sacramento has…
By Ben Christopher, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Earlier this year, in the windowless conference room of…
By Carolyn Jones, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. The primary for the state’s top K-12 schools job…
By Colin Lecher and Mikhail Zinshteyn, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. Esther Mejia and Kelly Merchant had…
By Marisa Kendall, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In the race for oversight over California’s budget, the…
In California’s June 2 primary, you can vote for any candidate from any party. The top two candidates move on to the November election, when…
By Ana B. Ibarra, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. On an early spring evening in Glendale, a…
Four candidates vie for a less-than-famous Sacramento County seat Deborah Ortiz put it best when saying that most Sacramentans concentrate on what the city council…
By Christine Mai-Duc May 8, 2026 When Gavin Newsom ran for California governor in 2018, his support for a state-run single-payer healthcare system was considered…
As Trump-backed law threatens Medicaid and SNAP eligibility for millions, a proposed change to state data collection aims to preserve coverage. By Mark Kreidler, Capital…
By Angela Hart May 1, 2026 SACRAMENTO, Calif. — In his earliest days in the governor’s office, Democrat Gavin Newsom huddled with his advisers to…
By Levi Sumagaysay, CalMatters This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. This article is also available in Spanish. Read it…