Oregon Senate Bill 551, sponsored by Democrat Janeen Sollman of Hillsboro, would phase out all plastic checkout bags -- including 'reusable" ones - while also restricting the use of single-use plastic ...

Political groups get state OK to create affiliated committees with different heads & coordinate fundraising and candidate donations.

SMOOTHER OPERATOR — Ada Briceño worked to elect Democrats as a hotel union boss and chair of the Orange County party. Now, ...

Oakland, introduced AB 350, which would require Medi-Cal and private insurers to cover fluoride varnish for patients under 21 years old ...

California lawmakers propose legislation that could allow vicims of the devastating Southern California wildfires to sue oil and gas companies.

If you live in California and want something to be done on time and within its budget, well, you should probably try doing it ...

BERLIN (AP) — Germany's parliament is expected to vote Friday on an opposition bill calling for tougher rules on migration ...

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs is renewing a push to regulate groundwater in rural parts of the drought-stricken state ...

Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.

Democrats — newly sensitive to perceptions of being soft on crime — this week faced criticism from Republicans who noted that ...

You soon could be paying even more for gas at the pump. That’s because of a cynical attempt to use the wildfires tragedy to ...

California legislators on Thursday delayed a vote on a pair of bills that would provide up to $50 million combined for the ...