Proposition 35, the Medi-Cal funding measure on the Nov. 5 ballot, presents another example of special-interest, ballot-box budgeting that limits the discretion of lawmakers and reduces ...

Voters have approved Proposition 35, a ballot measure that aims to increase funding for Medi-Cal services relied on by millions in the state. The measure makes permanent a tax on certain managed ...

Tax revenues have exceeded estimates in California, but Gov. Gavin Newsom's costly new proposals and other programs could ...

While tax and bond measures fared well in California's November election, reformers are taking aim at the state's slow ...

Arizona minimum wage earners will see a boost in their paychecks beginning Jan. 1, when the minimum wage to $14.70 per hour.

Proposition 36, the ballot measure that among other things toughens penalties for theft and other criminal offenses and which won widespread approval from California voters last month, officially ...