Opponents of a ballot initiative that would raise California ... measure seven months after a law boosting the minimum wage for fast-food restaurant employees from $16 to $20 an hour took effect. The ...

Berkeley, California is arguably the most liberal city in the U.S. Tourist shops sell t-shirts touting its identity as a ...

Happy Tuesday and welcome to another edition of Rent Free. This week, the newsletter takes a look at what are shaping up to ...

Like the Democratic Party, foundations and their allies will need to reassess how they can gain more public support for the field as a whole and for the issues they care about. Here are the areas that ...

Ten years after passing a sweeping criminal justice reform measure, Californians are backtracking big, and kicking key ...

During the 2024 presidential election, California voters weighed in on several ballot measures, with results released as early as Nov. 8.

As the Los Angeles County ballot results poured in following the 2024 election, the county saw several changes, including a ...

The California ballot featured 10 measures for voters to decide on. With criminal justice, healthcare and housing reform on ...

Colorado voters approved Proposition KK adding a 6.5% excise tax on gun and ammunition sales. The state is the first one to impose such a tax via a citizen’s vote.

Air quality rules, election regulations and other California policies could all face challenges from the incoming ...

Voters in two red states agreed to increase their minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour and to require employers to give workers paid sick time, and a third red state also approved sick leave.

A proposal to phase out large livestock operations in a major California agricultural county failed (Nov. 5, 2024). California voters in the major agricultural region of Sonoma County overwhelmingly ...