The protest comes before leaders vote on whether or not to pass a budget that is expected to lock new undocumented immigrants out of Medi-Cal.

Inside California’s new law allowing more people to seal old criminal records. The law could help people with arrest or conviction records who are applying for jobs or seeking housing, says ...

With Masto's victory on the heels of Democratic Senator Mark Kelly winning re-election in Arizona late on Friday, Democrats will control at least 50 Senate seats, with Vice President Kamala Harris ...

California Senate greenlights energy reform bills as Democrats pursue “affordability” Advocates expect electricity customers to see savings, but mostly in the long term ...

California, Washington move to let trans people seal name-change records ... Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, speaks on the Senate floor in Olympia, Wash., Jan. 30, 2019.

A bill in both the California and Washington legislatures would allow transgender children and adults to keep documentation of a name change private by sealing public records.

The Senate blocked California's plan to ban sales of new gas-only cars by 2035. The decision is expected to heighten tensions between the Trump administration and California. WASHINGTON − The ...

The Republican-led Senate on Thursday overturned several key Biden-era waivers allowing California to set its own vehicle emissions, a major blow to that state’s effort to regulate pollution ...

The California state senate has passed legislation to hinder healthcare acquisitions by private-equity firms and hedge funds, as states seek new powers to slow the corporate consolidation of medicine.

There are 637,782 registered voters in the 36th State Senate district. Vote-by-mail ballots must be postmarked by today and received by your county's registrar by March 4 .

The 36th Senate district became vacant after Nguyen, a Republican, resigned to join the Orange County Board of Supervisors, representing the First District. The primary is scheduled for Feb. 25.