America’s centenarian population is soaring. Discover which states are home to the most 100-year-olds and what they have in common.

States in the northeast are among the safest places to raise a family in the United States, new research has shown.

California is about to test whether two timeworn political maxims still ring true in 2025. The first is the tried-and-true “All politics is local,” ...

California's 2025 special election asks voters to decide on Prop. 50, Newsom's redistricting plan. Learn more in CalMatters' voter guide.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposal on the Nov. 4 ballot to reshape California's U.S. House districts to add five Democratic seats in advance of the 2026 midterm elections is not a sure sale, even in a state ...

Kern County is looking to formally oppose Proposition 50, a proposition spearheaded by Gov. Gavin Newsom that would temporarily change the congressional district ...

All 99 Assembly seats will be up for election in 2026 and it will be the second time that legislative maps adopted in 2024 will be used.

As parents begin processing information about what school closures will mean for their campus, many wonder if this process can create equity.

Personal-finance website WalletHub has revealed its 2025 rankings for the "happiest" states in the U.S. in a newly published report, with Hawaii ranking top and Nebraska rising to third from ninth the ...