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The Mercury News - Politics

California Legislature tackles a slate of clean energy transparency and acceleration bills

3 days ago

What's next for Katie Porter after California governor loss?

11 hours ago

Gov. Newsom, California lawmakers reach a deal on state's $350B budget. A quick snapshot of what that entails

3 hours ago

Livermore woman says Alameda County aide offered public funds to quiet complaint

4 hours ago

A Trump commission urges 'bridges' between church and state in sweeping draft report

7 hours ago

Buttigieg was briefly separated from his children after police say he was target of false report

7 hours ago

What's killing seabirds along California's coast? 'Just one damn thing after another'

10 hours ago

Touring Trump's Washington: How the president is putting his imprint on the nation's capital

10 hours ago

A vehicle's weight could play into potential road charge that would replace California's gas tax

10 hours ago

US moves to drop brake pedal mandate for autonomous vehicles

13 hours ago

Judge blocks Trump plan that would limit graduate student loans in nursing and other fields

7 hours ago

Ex-national security adviser John Bolton pleads guilty to illegally retaining classified information

13 hours ago

California, Santa Clara County ask court to stop construction of South Bay ICE facility

16 hours ago

Concord makes concessions to push motel-to-homeless housing project ahead

16 hours ago

After Cesar Chavez scandal, San Jose opens nominations for renaming downtown plaza

1 day ago

Oakland had a chance to break a trafficking hub. One hotel shows how it slipped away

1 day ago

Oakland leaders won't challenge police oversight body's powers — for now

2 days ago

ACLU unhappy with results of Vallejo police's badge-bending lawsuit

1 day ago

SJSU must reinstate professor fired over pro-Palestinian activism, arbitrator rules

1 day ago

Opinion: California must keep landlords from price-fixing and expedite permitting

8 hours ago

California lawmakers want to ensure Cal State programs are taught by humans, not AI

1 day ago

Which California lawmakers steered millions of others' money to their pet causes?

2 days ago

Borenstein: Your government wants power to sue you for seeking public records

10 days ago

Lee: I represent Silicon Valley. Here's why I support taxing its billionaires.

7 days ago

Letters: California shouldn't subsidize harm caused by ICE

4 hours ago

California voters face 14 ballot measures in November. Here's what they would do

8 hours ago

Voters in deep blue California are souring on ballot measures that add new taxes

17 hours ago

With a state billionaire tax headed for the November ballot, Newsom urges national tax

5 hours ago