Wildland firefighters around the country say they've had job offers rescinded or frozen in the wake of President Donald Trump's federal hiring freeze.

We remember a time when an open state Senate seat would draw top-caliber candidates, but apparently that’s not always the case. Consider the Feb. 25 special election to fill the 36th District Senate ...

Last year, when State Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil, R-Jackson, a Latina woman, switched from the Democratic Party, she was booted ...

Rogers, who in her announcement said she’s running to advocate for working families, joins what’s expected to be a crowded ...

Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension Committee set the ...

With California's often tenuous water supply continually a topic of debate, a state Senate bill would ease restrictions on recycled wastewater use. John Ramos reports.

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, an avid supporter of President Trump and fierce critic of Gov. Gavin Newsom, will run ...

Sen. Kelly Seyarto is the only former career firefighter currently serving in the Legislature. But as a Republican in a ...

A few weeks before he was sworn in last fall as a U.S. senator, the Bee asked Adam Schiff which of Donald Trump’s nominees troubled him the most. He didn’t hesitate. “Tulsi Gabbard,” the California ...

Blanche's former law partner, Emil Bove, a fellow Trump defense attorney who will serve as his top deputy if Blanche is ...

Wednesday’s 52-48 vote fell along mostly party lines, with Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky the only Republican to join ...