With the election and the holidays behind them, the California Legislature returns to Sacramento Monday to kick off a new ...

It will be several more months before the political wrangling over the state budget and thousands of proposed bills truly ...

California's Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire on Friday appointed state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to a ...

Press Democrat readers comment on overdue state reports, and more.

Days after Trump’s win, Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom called for a special session to set aside funding for the state to sue ...

California Legislative Black Caucus members appointed to leadership roles in State Senate and Assembly. Nine out of 12 members are Black women.

State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, has been appointed as chair of the Senate Committee on Energy Utilities and ...

California State Sen. Suzette Martinez Valladares (R-Santa Clarita) announced her eight committee assignments for the 2025-26 ...

Senator Suzette Martinez Valladares, R – Santa Clarita, has announced her eight committee assignments for the 2025-26 ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson, with the votes of our local congressmen, Ben Cline and John McGuire, got the bare minimum of ...