California is testing a simple but explosive idea: tap a small slice of billionaire wealth to shore up a healthcare system ...

A campaign to plug California’s leaky health care system by squeezing the state’s richest has a high-profile opponent: Gov.

Francesca Wander, Karen Jacques, and Mary Steinert join a protest in Sacramento in May 2024 against a $24 “utility tax” that was approved despite their protests by the California Public Utilities ...

California officials are currently evaluating a per-mile road usage charge as a long-term solution to declining gas tax ...

California’s latest scam tax to take money from its residents is essentially a subscription service that bills you every ...

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California has long had the reputation — backed by copious data — of being a high-tax state, which made Gov. Gavin Newsom’s declaration last June, in a prerecorded State of the State address, a bit ...

SANTA ANA, California -- The California Franchise Tax Board says a technical glitch error resulted in thousands of possibly incorrect refunds. As the FTB worked to ...

California is known for its beautiful coastlines and PCH not its low taxes. How will your Social Security be taxed in retirement. If you want to retire in or to California, you may wonder how ...

Fuel taxes are set to increase in three states at the start of next year, while fuel prices in a fourth could see a big jump if warnings from state lawmakers and industry researchers about an upcoming ...

California's cannabis tax revenue exceeded $500 million in the first half of 2025. The state has collected over $7.3 billion in total cannabis tax revenue since January 2018. Cannabis products in ...

This story was originally published by CalMatters. After at least eight tries in the Legislature, California may finally join every other state in providing at least some tax exemptions for military ...