California and other states began blocking colleges from withholding students' transcripts for unpaid bills five years ago.

In 2020, California led the nation in outlawing transcript-withholding, a debt collection practice that sometimes kept ...

When California outlawed transcript withholding in 2020, the state positioned itself at the forefront of a quiet but ...

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California’s total long-term debt, between the state and local governments, has quietly surged to over half a trillion dollars, making it the most indebted state in the nation. The state’s debt ...