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Nineteen states sue Trump over school funding threat ow.ly/etyR1066ZgS

James Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas, will be the next UC president, taking over at a critical juncture for the prestigious school system as it faces budget cuts and manifold threats from President Donald Trump’s crusade against higher ed: politico.com/news/2025/05/0…

California lawmakers are bracing for a $10 billion-plus budget hole — without federal cuts ow.ly/JAQE1068flL

Newsom backs rule change after Trump threatens to pull funding over transgender athlete ow.ly/JLk4106ac72

Assembly Dems behind closed doors discussed ↑ taxes for “water’s-edge” filers — multinational companies doing business in CA ... Also talked about ↑ taxes on 2nd and 3rd homes, per Blake Jones , Dustin Gardiner , Eric He Rachel Bluth politi.co/459iM0i

The broad framework of a budget agreement among CA lawmakers includes reversing the most severe Medi-Cal cuts proposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom as legislative leaders scramble to close a $12 billion deficit. Scoop w/ Dustin Gardiner: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administration is considering pulling federal education funds from California. The discussion comes as Newsom and Trump feud over the president’s deployment of the National Guard to anti-ICE protests in LA. politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

NEW: California could lose education funds as Trump admin tightens the screws, Becca Carballo Juan Perez Eric He scoop politico.com/news/2025/06/1…

Some day for Dems in Sacramento ... Eric He , Jeremy B. White and Rachel Bluth on the 'should-be allies angrily comparing [Newsom's] plans to Jim Crow, slavery and immigration raids' ... politi.co/4nfPcgd

Lawmakers are cutting a construction minimum wage from a budget bill after trades union reps & some Democrats railed against it yesterday. w/ Rachel Bluth & Eric He subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

Remember that controversial construction minimum wage provision from yesterday's budget hearings? Nevermind. New from Lindsey Holden, Eric He and I for subscribers: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

NEW: The build-baby-build Abundance philosophy popularized by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson has powerful friends in California, from Gavin Newsom on down. But it just collided with political reality in Sacramento: politico.com/news/2025/06/2…

The bill that Gov. Gavin Newsom is demanding lawmakers pass before he signs off on the state’s $320 billion budget would make sweeping changes to environmental protection rules in an effort to build more housing: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

California has a budget — but not before state lawmakers acceded to the demands of Gov. Newsom, agreeing to significantly scale back environmental protection rules as a way to boost construction and address the soaring cost of housing: subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…

The Trump administration’s decision to withhold $7 billion in federal funds earmarked for key school programs has superintendents, teachers and budget wonks scrambling to figure out how classrooms will be hit. ow.ly/ysgl50WjMCY

Trump administration sues California over transgender athlete policy ow.ly/7lty106fh7C

CA's marquee public universities looked like clear-cut winners in the state’s recent budget deal. But behind the apparent triumph, nerves are fraying as higher education leaders have been left waiting to see if leading Democrats are good for their word: politico.com/news/2025/07/1…

Read Jeremy B. White and Nicholas Wu on Newsom's latest obsession, which is reverberating on the Hill and in Sacramento ... politico.com/news/2025/07/1…