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California state workers get reprieve from Gov. Gavin Newsom's return-to-office mandate
Gov. Gavin Newsom is open to giving California public employees a temporary break on his return-to-office mandate.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom challenges Vice President JD Vance to debate: 'How about saying it to my face?'
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, has challenged Vice President JD Vance, a Republican, to face off in a debate, but ...
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California Gov. Newsom gave his political rival a $380,000 job. See the special interests who paid for it
Gov. Newsom appointed former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa to lead a state infrastructure project paid for by an ...
California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big ‘structural’ deficit
Were a private corporation to cook its books like the state government does, its executives could wind up in jail for fraud.
California energy regulator recommends pause on plan to penalize excess oil profits
A California Energy Commission official is recommending a pause on Gov. Gavin Newsom's plan to penalize oil companies if ...
Newsom joins last-minute 'Hail Mary' to avert California cannabis industry crisis
The California cannabis industry is scrambling to find a way to block a marijuana excise tax rate increase scheduled for next ...
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Gov. Newsom agrees to ease budget cuts as California seeks more time to fix growing deficit
The budget deal between Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Legislature forgoes or delays many of Newsom’s proposed cuts but the ...
California Legislature to vote on budget capping immigrant health care access to close $12B deficit
The California Legislature is set to vote on a budget that would pare back a number of progressive priorities to close a $12 ...