California

The bill would create a not-for-profit corporation modeled after California's IBank, but with more flexibility to handle large-scale projects, backers say.

The Democratic states sued a day after schools were required to certify the elimination of DEI programs or risk losing federal funding.

S&P Global Ratings dropped Los Angeles' ratings and assigned a negative outlook, citing a "weakening financial position and an emerging structural imbalance."

The city of Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power face Palisades Fire-driven lawsuits from some 776 plaintiffs, according to the offering document.

To close a $1 billion budget hole, Mayor Karen Bass would merge some departments and lay off more than 1,600 city workers.

The lawsuit argues the International Emergency Economic Powers Act that Trump invoked to impose tariffs does not grant the president the ability to unilaterally adopt tariffs on goods imported to the U.S.

S&P Global Ratings cited longer-term concerns on Palisades wildfire-related liabilities in shifting its CreditWatch on Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to a negative outlook.

State lawmakers approved a trailer bill to last year's budget that aided Medi-Cal and provided funding to local governments affected by January's wildfires.

The lawsuit says Education Secretary Linda McMahon illegally decided not to honor the extension of previously approved COVID-19 relief grants. 

Districts most vulnerable to cuts in federal programs are those already struggling from enrollment declines and other challenges.