Davina Smith hopes to help set the course for the department’s future.

Why did a lawmaker need to bring her newborn to the COVID-exposed state Capitol to do her job? To help pass a new family leave law.

More than any other vice presidential contender in a generation, Kamala Harris’ biography is singularly Californian. Here are eight ways that California shaped Kamala Harris and that Harris has shaped California.

This explainer will walk you through California’s response — good, bad and ugly — to unemployment in the coronavirus recession.

Comstock’s spoke with Belen Flores about how her organization has adapted in recent months and why its mission remains important.

California has rapidly expanded its safety net in an attempt to catch millions of residents impacted by the coronavirus and its economic aftershocks. Have these efforts succeeded?

As the coronavirus pandemic and recession hits California, the governor’s top environmental official has launched a comprehensive review of the cap and trade program that has been the cornerstone of the state’s strategy to fight climate change.

Employers are considering making the temporary measures for people to work from home caused by the coronavirus lockdown more formal. What are their obligations to their employees?

California is ready to partially reopen major sectors of its economy as early as this Friday, including retail shops and the manufacturers that supply them, Gov. Gavin Newsom said on May 4. 

Gov. Gavin Newsom is facing intense lobbying from both business and labor as he weighs an executive order that would make it easier for essential workers such as nurses and grocery clerks to get workers’ compensation if they contract COVID-19.