The Trump administration has unveiled an ambitious plan to modernize the nation’s air traffic control system within just a few years. With decades of delays behind the FAA’s NextGen upgrades and a ...

The conversation around representation in government has gained momentum, but has the demographic makeup of our leaders, legislators, and judges changed? We pulled together data on the race, sex, ...

Ranked-choice voting allows citizens to rank their candidate preferences on an election ballot instead of voting for a single candidate. If one candidate does not initially win a majority, competitors ...

California’s cap-and-trade program—first established under AB 32—remains central to the state’s climate change strategy. With Gov. Gavin Newsom and lawmakers pushing a 15-year extension through 2045, ...

California lawmakers have approved AB 888, a bill that would create a statewide program to help residents harden homes against wildfire risk. Modeled after similar efforts in Alabama and Louisiana, ...

The U.S. Department of Transportation has announced plans to redirect $2.4 billion in federal funds away from California’s high-speed rail project to other passenger rail efforts nationwide. The move ...

California lawmakers have approved a bill to create the nation’s first public wildfire catastrophe model for insurance—now awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision. The proposal could reshape how ...

Over the past 40 years, the average time for the Senate to reach a final vote on a Supreme Court justice nominee has been 72 days — nearly twice the time left before the 2020 general election. The ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta is backing AB 1064, a high-profile AI chatbot safety bill on Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk, intensifying the debate over kids’ online protections and tech regulation ...

House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) on Wednesday vowed to move forward on bills extending access to telehealth and a pediatric-rare-disease voucher program ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s bipartisan artificial intelligence working group is calling for committees to consider a policy framework that could rein in the technology’s use in health care.