The California State Legislature rejected Gov. Gavin Newsom’s proposed cuts to the UC system and recommended increased funding for the Middle Class Scholarship in its 2025-26 budget proposal. In ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Democratic lawmakers are offering a way to help California's middle class families cope with soaring college tuition: close a corporate tax loophole and use the money for ...

America’s middle class is getting squeezed by the soaring cost of attending elite colleges. And those schools — themselves pressured by attacks from the Trump administration over federal funding — are ...

State leaders are reminding high school seniors to submit their financial aid applications by Wednesday, April 2. Meeting that deadline gives them the best chance at state aid, including the Cal Grant ...

(NEXSTAR) — With costs rising these days, it can be hard to tell whether you still rank in the middle class. Depending on where you live, what it takes to be a middle-earner can vary — greatly. A new ...