SACRAMENTO, CA— Following the release of the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report, Understanding $100 Billion in Spending Growth: Causes and Fiscal

Large profitable corporations have several strategies to avoid paying more than the minimum $800 state tax, costing California billions.

Tax Day is a reminder that California tax revenues fund essential public investments like health care, housing, and child care.

At least 88 of the largest corporations in America paid $0 in federal income tax for 2025. Corporate tax avoidance has increased at least in part due to President Trump's “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” ...

Equitable revenue and public investment can help California stay affordable and protect communities from federal cuts.

With earnings season now underway, dozens of huge corporations have disclosed paying single-digit federal income tax rates thanks to tax…

We unpack a newly proposed federal housing policy that takes direct aim at mixed status families, threatening housing stability for thousands of Californians.

Large profitable corporations have several strategies to avoid paying more than the minimum $800 state tax, costing California billions.

State policymakers should raise revenue to counter the harm from new budget pressures. One good place to start is by making large corporations pay their fair share.

The sprawling megabill passed by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Trump in July 2025 will redistribute trillions of dollars upward over the next decade, making it harder for ...

Tesla enjoyed almost $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025 but paid $0 in federal income tax. Over the past three years, the Elon Musk-led company reported $12.5 billion of U.S. income on which its curr...

Both California Democrats highlighted what they described as inadequate medical care inside the immigration detention center.

The Social Security head will do double duty at the tax agency while Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent retains his formal title as acting IRS commissioner.

California’s poverty rate remains among the highest in the nation (17.7%), with children, people of color, and renters most affected.

2024 Census numbers show economy was reasonably strong, though wide inequities persistToday’s...

The Republicans’ harmful megabill, enacted through budget reconciliation on July 4, 2025, will raise costs for families and take away health coverage, food assistance, and other essentials from...

An overview of when the cuts to basic needs programs such as Medicaid, Medicare, SNAP, and student loans and other provisions in the Republicans’ OBBBA go into effect.

The Biden-era IRS free filing tool, Direct File, is “gone,” IRS Commissioner Billy Long said.

The 2025-26 California state budget and harmful federal budget cuts slash health care, food assistance, and education funding.

The package President Donald Trump signed on July 4 would grow the deficit over the next 10 years, Congress’ nonpartisan scorekeeper predicts.

The Senate’s federal budget plan threatens Californians' health care and food assistance to fund tax breaks for the wealthy.

The first meeting of the newly appointed CDC vaccine panel concluded Thursday, offering a glimpse into how federal vaccine policy could begin to reflect Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s person...

The Senate is barreling toward a vote on a still-not-finished bill that would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it, raise families’ costs, and make a large...

Compared to its House counterpart, the Senate bill makes certain tax provisions more generous, including corporate tax breaks that it makes permanent rather than temporary. But the bottom line for bot...

In Partnership with: One-third of all people enrolled in Medicaid nationwide are connected to small businesses—specifically small business owners, employees, and children or other fa…