The largest amount of state funding the auditor found spent improperly was $4.6 million by the Employment Development Department (EDD) for unused cell phones and wireless hotspot devices.

California's unemployment department bought more cellphones than it needed during the COVID pandemic and kept paying for thousands of unused lines.

I’m CalMatters investigative editor Andrew Donohue, and I’m subbing for Lynn today. The state Employment Development ...

The California State Auditor revealed that the agency, better known as EDD, wasted more than $4.6 million on monthly service fees for more than 6,200 mobile devices meant to be used for its ...

According to a report by the California State Auditor, reviewers examined 54 months of billing and found EDD paid about $4.62 million in monthly service fees for mobile devices that went unused for ...

A new report released by the California State Auditor's Office found more than $5.1 million of waste, misuse or improper ...

A former state worker and her boyfriend at the time were each sentenced Friday to 20 months in federal prison for stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars that was slated to support Californians ...

Question: I run a large warehouse with over 300 employees and business has been steadily decreasing for the last five months. I need to reduce my overhead, but I don’t want to lay off my staff because ...

The pandemic stress tested all sorts of boundaries for state government, not the least of which were the limits of its critical benefits systems, like those offered through the California Employment ...