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Newsom Signs Law Lifting Incarcerated Firefighter Pay to $7.25, Enacts Broader Reforms

The changes follow heavy reliance on inmate hand crews during January’s Los Angeles wildfires.

Newsom Signs California Law Expanding Caregivers for Children if Parents Are Deported

Newsom Signs Law Letting Uber and Lyft Drivers Unionize, Cuts Insurance Mandate

UC Chief Warns Systemwide Risk From Federal Cuts, Seeks $4–$5 Billion State Backstop

California Backs Deal Letting Uber and Lyft Drivers Unionize as Insurance Rules Are Eased

California Bullet Train Sets 2032 Central Valley Start as House Oversight Steps Up Probe

California Attorney General Declares Daily Fantasy Sports Illegal

California Finalizes $321 Billion Budget to Address $12 Billion Deficit

Supreme Court Weighs Suit Over CPUC’s Deep Cuts to Solar Panel Credits