OAKLAND — In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept low-income college students from getting jobs or advanced degrees. Five ...

California’s debt, currently around $1.6 trillion, is poised to soar in the coming years. Bank on it, though don’t be so simplistic as to blame the debt surge on Governor Gavin Newsom, or his eventual ...

Students need transcripts to prove they’ve earned their credentials when they apply for a job or for transfer to different college, but colleges have often withheld them over unpaid debt. California ...

California’s public pension plans are taking on more risk than other pension systems while generating relatively poor investment return results, a new Reason Foundation report finds. The California ...