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California’s not a swing state, but it is making national news this election season for close down-ballot races that could determine which party controls the U.S. House of Representatives next year.

Prop. 35 would take an existing tax on health insurance plans and use the money to increase payment to doctors and other providers who see Medi-Cal patients. Its supporters have raised $50 million, drawing from groups representing hospitals, doctors and insurers.

Should California change the state constitution to remove language allowing involuntary servitude as a punishment for a crime? Raise the statewide minimum wage from $16 to $18? Or issue $10 billion in bonds to improve school sites across the state?

If approved, Measure 116 would give an independent commission the power to set salaries for the governor, the secretary of state, lawmakers, judges and other state elected officials.

The complex proposal to hike business taxes and divide the proceeds among residents is the most divisive measure on the Oregon ballot.

Oregon is the only state that has no impeachment clause for statewide elected officials.

A new poll from the non-partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows California voters are almost evenly split on two housing-related measures appearing on the ballot this fall.

Worries about retail theft and fentanyl deaths shaped a November ballot measure that would toughen some criminal penalties. Here are the facts about California crime trends.

The Public Policy Institute of California released the report 10 years after the ballot measure went into effect and two months before voters decide whether to repeal aspects of it.

Prop. 22 promised improved pay and benefits for California gig workers. But when companies fail to deliver, the state isn’t doing much to help push back.

Oregon has ended its experiment with drug decriminalization. Starting Sept. 1, possession of small amounts of illicit substances are once again considered a misdemeanor crime.

Virtually every major player in Oregon politics has come out against the proposal. That’s a big change — and no guarantee it can’t succeed.