MLK Jr. Community Hospital in Willowbrook is facing a crisis due to staggering cuts to Medicaid, stemming from the Big Beautiful Bill. "If that hospital shuts down, people will die," said Congresswoman Maxine Waters, who represents Willowbrook.
Local leaders are calling on Gov. Gavin Newsom to crack down on copper wire theft. A bill sitting on his desk would tighten laws around buying and selling scrap metal.
A proposed bill would require the Department of Homeland Security to identify whether immigrants are U.S. military veterans and provide them with an opportunity to apply for lawful immigration status.
A month after Iryna Zarutska was fatally stabbed while riding the Charlotte light rail, the North Carolina legislature passed a bill named after the 23-year-old victim.
California will be the first state to ban most law enforcement from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill signed by Newsom.
A regulatory effort to safeguard California homes from wildfires threatens to force some homeowners to remove trees and shrubs that sit close to structures, and is generating rage from residents who see it as actually endangering their homes.