A new California law aims to protect workers from silicosis, an incurable lung disease that has killed 29 people in the state and sickened hundreds. Experts say it isn’t enough.

Regulators are again fining the health care giant for inadequate investment in mental health care.

In the face of death and disease, global health workers struggle to keep hope alive.

Thanks to bills that did pass, state will divert money to pay for industry problems: abandoned wells and induced earthquakes.

Stricter enforcement could bring in millions as Olympics approach, housing advocates counter.

Assemblymember Ash Kalra says attacks on the Affordable Care Act underscore the urgency of creating state-run health insurance.

In Texas, environmental activists and experts raise the alarm about the impact on the state’s petrochemical industry.

The state has spent $225,000 in staff time fighting Targa over emission infractions, some that the company reported itself.