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California says closure would endanger tribal records, including boarding school files. Tribes say they weren’t consulted.

La administración Trump está exigiendo registros a los condados de Los Ángeles, Orange y San Diego mientras busca casos de personas que hayan votado por no ser ciudadanas estadounidenses.

Los líderes de California quieren que los agentes de inmigración se mantengan alejados de los juzgados. Les preocupa que la aplicación de la ley impida que las personas testifiquen en juicios penales.

Tort wars are among the Legislature’s oldest conflicts, pitting lawyers who file personal injury lawsuits and their allies against business interests and their insurers.

Supporters say California desperately needs money to fund housing construction and make a dent in its homelessness and affordability crisis. Critics say bond financing isn’t the way to do it.

Rep. Adam Gray, a Democrat from Merced, won the closest House race in 2024 by just 187 votes. Now the GOP, which is hungry for a win in California, is spending millions to try and oust him.

Voters in these nine legislative districts are weighing in on particularly competitive races, made even more competitive by the flood of outside money pouring in to sway public opinion.

The state has not investigated 26,000 of its 28,000 highest-risk Medi-Cal providers, the report says. Health officials dispute it.

California needs to build a lot more housing. But to do that, it’s going to need a lot of money.  Proposition 1 would enable the state to borrow $11.25 billion for housing, but where exactly would the money go if it passes? As CalMatters’ Marisa Kendall explains, Prop. 1 would fund housing for veterans, homeless…