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Nine months into the 2025-26 fiscal year, state tax revenues are running several billion
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Gavin Newsom loves to brag about his accomplishments as governor — a syndrome that sometimes
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César Chávez, the legendary California farm-labor
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Two years ago, a hotly contested law imposing a $20-per-hour minimum wage on franchised
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This week — as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran raged and gasoline
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This year California voters will choose a new governor, fill other statewide offices, elect
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If you have been paying attention at all, you know that we
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The California governorship is a peculiar prize. This
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The state Capitol’s longest running political conflict — going at least a half-century and
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For the last year, as the array of announced and potential candidates for governor
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My wife’s suffering merited nothing. At least that's what
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The California Democratic Party is betting that a tried-and-true playbook and standard-bearer candidates
