A coalition of California Democrats wants to put independent voters’ right to participate in publicly funded elections into the state Constitution — but getting it before voters will require Republican support.
Fourteen California Democrats co-sponsor a constitutional amendment to protect independent voters' right to participate in all publicly funded elections, including primaries, amid a coordinated effort to repeal the state's nonpartisan top-two primary system.
GOP operative Anne Dunsmore traces her 50-year political career from a lost bet in a D.C. bar to George H.W. Bush's inner circle. She discusses her rise through fundraising and independent thinking in American politics.
IVP's producer shares her journey from green card to US citizen, revealing how naturalization has become harder under the Trump administration, including processing delays and tense border encounters.
Latino voters with no party preference are poised to play an outsized role in California’s 2026 elections — but both parties may be failing to reach the voters who could decide them.
California's Problem Solvers Caucus, a bipartisan group of 26 lawmakers, is quietly working to solve real problems like housing costs and energy by passing bills without partisan conflict.
California legislators introduce two constitutional amendments to remove party control from elections: one making the secretary of state a nonpartisan office, another transferring ballot language authority to a nonpartisan body.
California's Republican gubernatorial nominee Steve Hilton says AI leaders like Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have damaged public trust in their industry and argues the state must ease opposition to data center construction to compete with Texas and Ohio.
Nancy Pelosi detailed her private conversation with President Biden before he withdrew from the 2024 race, saying she questioned his polling and campaign strategy but that accounts of the meeting "did not really happen" as reported.
Assemblymembers Josh Hoover and Natasha Johnson introduce constitutional amendment to make the secretary of state's office nonpartisan, addressing concerns about conflicts of interest in election administration.
California's nonpartisan Top Two primary brought record Latino turnout in the 2026 governor's race. Now party insiders are pushing to repeal it, which strategist Mike Madrid warns would silence the state's fastest-growing voting bloc.
