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The recount in the state controller’s race may be over, but that hasn’t stopped critics of California’s recount process from calling for an overhaul. As…

Former California Assembly Speaker John Perez is calling off the vote recount he requested in the race for state controller.Perez requested the recount in…

He was sworn in as California Assembly speaker when the state faced a $60 billion budget deficit. Four years later, Los Angeles Democrat John Pérez points…

UPDATED 3/5/14 - 6:46 PMFresno Mayor Ashley Swearengin announced today that she has filed papers to run for the office of State Controller. Swearengin…

The U.S. Supreme Court’s same-sex marriage rulings – including the one overturning California’s Proposition 8 – have reverberated through the state…

The California legislature has approved the 2013-14 state budget bill - one day before its constitutional deadline to send a spending plan to Gov. Jerry…

When MailuLor translates for a Hmong patient, she can’t just repeat the doctor’s orders, word for word. That’s because the Hmong language often doesn’t…

The speaker of the California Assembly has filed a legal brief with the U.S. Supreme Court asking the justices to overturn the state’s constitutional…

California Democrats have gained a supermajority in both state legislative houses for the first time in 70 years. But as KPCC’s Julie Small reports, the…