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California businesses are paying higher taxes this year to help pay off the state’s unemployment debt.

So many people lost their jobs during the pandemic that the state had to borrow money to pay unemployment benefits.

California businesses are paying higher taxes this year to help pay off the state's unemployment debt

California businesses are paying higher taxes this year to help pay off the state's unemployment debt.

Many communities in the state’s San Joaquin Valley continue to struggle for water as a result of the ag industry’s overpumping of groundwater. Experts estimate that groundwater losses since 1961 have totaled 93 million acre-feet.

In the San Joaquin Valley, 1,800 families rely on state-funded water deliveries to fill household tanks. The list of those waiting for fixes has been growing.

In the San Joaquin Valley, 1,800 families rely on state-funded water deliveries to fill household tanks. The list of those waiting for fixes has been growing.

Gavin Newsom announces insulin contract, plans for California to make its own naloxone

All three governors have pumped billions of dollars into their states’ retirement systems to stabilize the programs amid unpredictable market swings.

A group of California lawmakers will try to suspend the state's gas tax for the second year in a row, a proposal that continues to draw rejection from the state’s top Democratic leaders.