(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed a lawsuit this week against the U.S. Department of Education, disputing its claim that the California Department of Education violated the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act and challenging its threat to withhold $4.9 billion in federal education funding.

California Attorney General Rob Bonta claims “compelling evidence” has prompted him to launch an investigation into whether racial discrimination played a role in the disastrous response to the Altadena Fire that killed 19 people last year.

The Trump administration contends that a state law on parental notification of a child's gender identity violates federal law.

California's top prosecutor announced a civil rights investigation Thursday into how delayed evacuations impacted a historically Black community ravaged by one of last year's deadly wildfires near Los Angeles.

The U.S. Department of Education contends that California's policies violate the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, known as FERPA, which grants parents the right to request and review their children’s educational records.

The California attorney general said Trump's claims are "wrongly and dangerously alleging the [state] government is involved in fraud" and said state authorities have worked arduously over the years to combat fraud,

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced that arrests have been made and felony charges filed against seven people in connection with an alleged hospice fraud scheme in Monterey County.

The City of Tulare’s fight against the State of California and Attorney General Rob Bonta to protect its zoning rules is heading to court next week. If Tulare wins its case, the