California Has Plan for Dramatic Health Care Change

The state has previously introduced laws that would bring universal health care to residents, but so far, none have been successful. Read More

New California rule aims to limit health care cost increases to 3% annually

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies in California will be limited to annual price increases of 3% starting in 2029 under a new rule state regulators approved ... Read More

The Supreme Court’s latest abortion case debates how much value to put on women’s health

Moyle v. United States will decide whether states with anti-abortion laws can ban abortions even in medical emergencies. Read More

He thinks his wife died in an understaffed hospital. Now he’s trying to change the industry.

For the past year, police Detective Tim Lillard has spent most of his waking hours unofficially investigating his wife’s death. The question has never been exactly how Ann Picha-Lillard died, but ... Read More

Reagan-era emergency health care law is the next abortion flashpoint at the Supreme Court

Two years after ending the national right to abortion by overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court will scrutinize one of the marquee efforts by the Biden administration to preserve abortion access ... Read More

Lawmakers strike a deal to limit shelter stays

WE HAVE A DEAL — House and Senate negotiators struck an accord Wednesday on a supplemental spending bill that would pour up to $426 million into the state’s emergency shelter system and limit how long ... Read More

United Methodists will again debate LGBTQ clergy and same-sex weddings

The United Methodist Church is holding its first General Conference since the pandemic and will consider whether to change policies on several LGBTQ issues. Read More

Florida voters will decide on abortion rights this fall. Here's what some are saying

The campaign to amend Florida's constitution to protect abortion rights kicked off in Orlando, attracting voters on both sides of the issue. The ballot question needs 60% approval to pass. Read More

Sleep training: Life preserver for parents or "symptom of capitalism"?

In her bestselling book Cribsheet: A Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting, from Birth to Preschool, economist Emily Oster reviews the evidence on sleep training and concludes, "The ... Read More

Business and a Second Trump Term

Times reporters discuss the relationship between major C.E.O.s and Donald Trump. Read More

Senate mulls next steps in Mayorkas impeachment; ocean heat is mass bleaching coral

The Senate kicks off the impeachment trial of the Homeland Security secretary. Coral reefs are undergoing a mass bleaching event that could soon be the worst on record. Read More

Paris Hilton speaks up for California’s ‘troubled’ teens

Hilton testified in California this week in support of a state bill regarding the use of restraints or seclusion rooms when disciplining minors in residential therapeutic programs. She has already ... Read More