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The state's notoriously overcrowded prisons are finally seeing some relief. But it wasn't the state that catalyzed the change -- it was the voters.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's first term has been defined by his attempts to execute his progressive campaign promises amid a near-constant state of disaster.

Gov. Gavin Newsom's first term has been defined by his attempts to execute his progressive campaign promises amid a near-constant state of disaster.

As California’s legislative session comes to an end tonight, the priorities and focus of the closing days have been heavily shaped by Gov. Gavin Newsom,...

The deal, hammered out behind closed doors between Kaiser Permanente and senior officials in Newsom’s office, could complicate a long-planned and expensive transformation of Medi-Cal.

The deal, hammered out behind closed doors between Kaiser Permanente and senior officials in Newsom’s office, could complicate a long-planned and expensive transformation of Medi-Cal.

Operators of other Medi-Cal health plans are angry, saying they will be forced to take the sickest patients while Kaiser Permanente can pick the enrollees it wants.

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration has negotiated a secret deal to give Kaiser Permanente a special Medicaid contract that would allow the health care behemoth to expand its reach in California.

Dr. Bechara Choucair, Kaiser Permanente’s chief health officer, argued in a prepared written response on behalf of KP that because it operates both as a health insurer and a healthcare provider, KP should be treated differently than other commercial health plans that participate in Medi-Cal.