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 ...

A supermajority of Democrats and an emboldened Republicans return to the Capitol today, at odds over how to lower the cost of ...

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

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 ...

California Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire announced Friday that he has appointed state Sen. Catherine Blakespear, D-Encinitas, to a leadership post. She will helm the Senate Environmental ...

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

Rep. John McGuire, R-5th, succeeds Rep. Bob Good. Rep. Eugene Vindman, D-7th, succeeds Rep. Abigail Spanberger. Rep. Suhas ...