A state commission will consider an additional 10% cut in pay for state lawmakers at a coming meeting. The Republican faithful will gather in Santa Clara at the...  more...

The state's largest invester-owned utility is prepared to spend up to $35 million to pass a little-publicized measure on the June ballot. In a statement to shareholders, first reported by Capitol Weekly, Pacific Gas &...  more...

Just months after California lawmakers had their pay and benefits cut 18%, the head of a state panel that sets salaries proposed Tuesday that elected officials lose an additional 10% in response to the state’s continuing economic crisis. The proposal to reduce pay, living expenses and...  more...

"It was a tough crowd. Nobody shifted to the edge of their seats, let alone gave me an ovation. Still, my inner voice told me to stay the course." It sounds like this could be California gubernatorial candidate Steve Poizner fretting about his upcoming speech at the state Republican...  more...

What started out as a game of political gotcha surrounding Tom Campbell's ties to a radical Muslim professor has turned into a question of credibility for Campbell's U.S. Senate campaign. Gov. Arnold...  more...

A group of Democrats seeking to derail Meg Whitman's candidacy for governor has created an Internet site where people can dish dirt on the former EBay chief – as long as it is factual and well-sourced, the creators say. The website, www.wikimeg.com,...  more...

The state's nonpartisan budget analyst says the state should resume oil drilling off the coast of California.Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has pushed for limited drilling off the coast of Santa Barbara in what is known as Tranquillon Ridge. Schwarzenegger's Department of Finance estimates the new oil...  more...

California legislators voted on Monday to exempt about 35% of state employees from having to take three days each month off without pay, a maneuver the lawmakers and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger imposed to help close the state's budget deficit. The Assembly voted 54-7 in favor of the measure, which...  more...

The California Teachers Assn. has donated another $500,000 to the effort to repeal new corporate tax breaks set to go into effect later this year. The union is hoping to place a measure on the November ballot that would eliminate changes in state tax law that were adopted over the last two years...  more...

Alarmed that a Rosemead city councilman collected unemployment benefits after he left office, state lawmakers moved Monday to close a loophole and prevent such payments. John Nunez was paid $11,200 in unemployment by the city after he lost a re-election bid in March 2009. The city has challenged...  more...