Alexei Koseff • CalMatters, Author at Stocktonia News

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Democrats wanted someone to ‘punch back.’ They got him when Newsom took on Texas

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters Aug. 25, 2025, 10:00 a.m.Aug. 24, 2025, 11:03 p.m.

As a partisan redistricting war ramps up across the country, Gov. Newsom has made himself the general of the Democratic insurgency.

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Newsom agrees to ease budget cuts as California seeks more time to fix growing deficit

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters June 25, 2025, 7:54 a.m.June 25, 2025, 8:14 a.m.

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California lawmakers approve $325 billion budget ‘passed on hope’

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters June 14, 2025, 5:59 p.m.June 14, 2025, 6:18 p.m.

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California budget is $12B in the red amid Trump tariffs and rising costs

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters May 14, 2025, 11:02 a.m.May 14, 2025, 11:20 a.m.

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A Fox News host? A sheriff? Is there a Republican who can finally win statewide in California again?

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters April 22, 2025, 1:05 p.m.April 22, 2025, 1:05 p.m.

Gavin Newsom’s MAGA-curious podcast mystifies listeners — and sets Democratic lawmakers on edge

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters March 21, 2025, 6:00 a.m.March 20, 2025, 3:04 p.m.

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Return to office: Newsom orders California state workers back four days a week

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters March 4, 2025, 8:04 a.m.March 4, 2025, 8:04 a.m.

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Gavin Newsom has grown California’s government to record size. Now he, too, is selling ‘efficiency’

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters Jan. 20, 2025, 6:30 a.m.Jan. 17, 2025, 9:08 a.m.

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Gavin Newsom pledged to release his tax returns every year. The last one was for 2020

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters Nov. 23, 2024, 7:30 a.m.Nov. 20, 2024, 1:06 p.m.

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Return of the Resistance State: What another Trump presidency will mean for California

by Alexei Koseff • CalMatters Nov. 6, 2024, 9:33 a.m.Nov. 6, 2024, 9:33 a.m.