A new POLITICO Pro Analysis lays out the complete 2026 congressional calendar, detailing when the House and Senate will be in session, when they break, and how the schedule shifts during an election ...

President Donald Trump has launched the Investment Accelerator, a new Commerce Department office designed to direct billions in private and foreign investment into U.S. industries. Led by longtime ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed AB 1224, a bill that would have allowed substitute teachers to stay in the same classroom for twice as long. The measure, meant to address California’s teacher shortage, drew ...

California’s geothermal industry saw a partial victory as Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 531 to streamline new power plant approvals but vetoed AB 527, a companion measure on exploratory drilling. The ...

One of the first bills signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom after this year’s legislative session will throw another lifeline to Los Angeles residents who are struggling financially after the ...

The Biden administration has navigated a sometimes uneasy balance of seeding clean energy projects while limiting the growth of fossil fuel production on federal land and waters. But the Inflation ...

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, ...

Lawmakers failed to resolve several key defense spending and policy battles ahead of the November elections, leaving unresolved issues that will dominate the upcoming lame-duck session. Chief among ...

A first-in-the-nation effort in California to regulate the voluntary carbon offset industry sailed through the Legislature last year with no opposition — only to be vetoed by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Now, a ...

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