In this week's edition of the Micheli Files lobbyist and law professor Chris Micheli provides commentary regarding the ...

The success of a 2023 bill that mandated yearly literacy testing for California students in kindergarten through 2nd grades ...

But with democracy under attack, we need to do more. Longstanding federal voting-rights protections have been weakened, trust ...

A great advance person is equal parts drill sergeant, Energizer Bunny and psychic, with an obsessive attention to detail. On ...

Lobbyist, author and McGeorge law professor Chris Micheli offers a quick look at what’s coming up this week under the Capitol Dome.

Around the Capitol, a walk of just a few blocks can take someone past national chains, longtime Sacramento institutions and ...

In a campaign no national pundit focused on, Congressman Mike Thompson is in danger of losing his Napa Valley seat to ...

Beginning in 2018, 17 states — including solidly red Missouri and Oklahoma — have banned the practice of adults to marry an ...

This week we welcome Senator Monique Limón (D- Santa Barbara), the Senate President pro Tempore.  Limón is the first Latina, the first woman of color and the first mother to hold the position. She ...

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