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Lawmakers shelve dozens of significant bills, many opposed by special interests. They include proposals on police reform, housing, health care and more.

Gov. Newsom is proposing to spend California's $100 billion windfall on schools, small businesses, homelessness and more, while campaigning against the recall at the same time.

While the governor's opponents have burned through most of the money they've collected to date, his defenders have some $2.5 million in the bank.

California has made an unprecedented investment in small business, if we keep it up they can lead our post-pandemic economic recovery.

AB 915 increases access to state procurement opportunities for small-, minority- and women-owned businesses.

"Tort wars" over the rules governing personal injury lawsuits in California are heating up again in the Capitol.

Lea este artículo en español. Gov. Gavin Newsom is running two races this spring: The first is to clobber the coronavirus pandemic that has killed nearly 60,000 Californians and devastated businesses and schools with unprecedented restrictions. The second is to keep his job, which could be threatened by a recall election later this year.  The two […]

As the state reshuffles vaccine distribution and reopening rules, lawmakers green-light a hard-fought plan to bring students back into schools. What does it all mean for economic recovery?

Good morning, California. It’s Tuesday, February 23. School reopenings stubborn Every piece of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s high-priority pandemic proposals has fallen into place — except for reopening schools. Lawmakers on Monday sent a $7.6 billion relief package to Newsom’s desk, which includes $600 stimulus payments for 5.7 million low-income Californians, $2 billion in small-business relief […]

As L.A. County navigates the pandemic, here are four critical steps to help small businesses and to build an economy that works for everyone.