The state’s legacy payroll system is responsible for overpayments to state workers. Agencies are responsible for recovering ...

If you look at places in California with the fattest pay raises, you’ll see one reason why groceries are so pricey. The most significant jumps in weekly pay since 2019 were concentrated in the state’s ...

I could tell you that California paychecks kept pace with inflation – but that would be missing the bigger picture. My trusty spreadsheet looked at federal employment data that’s a personal favorite: ...

In the battle over how to pay for damage wrought by climate change, California lawmakers had an idea: Create a "superfund" that makes big polluters pay. The Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act of 2025 ...