California budget: State park closures, cuts to wildland firefighting teams loomPaul Rogers
Over a month past the deadline to pass a new spending plan, state lawmakers voted late into the night to finalize the $229 billion budget on Tuesday. After hours of debate, both chambers approved the omnibus bill known as “The Big Ugly” that contained some of the most...
Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 sq km), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by both area (after Alaska) and population (after California). Texas shares borders wit...
Profile: Budget crisis in the state of CaliforniaRENEE MONTAGNE
The director of California's mental health commission traveled to London this summer courtesy of a state vendor while he was helping to prevent a $360 million budget cut that would have defunded the company's contract. Oct 25, 2024 0 0 Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Flesh-eating bacteria...
California is getting ready to allocate $165 million of its state budget to fight anti-Asian hate crimes. The move follows a spike in attacks against Asian residents left many families scrambling for donations to pay for the victims’ hospital bills, therapy costs, legal f...
Within the first weeks of California’s 2024 legislative session, lawmakers had filed nearly a dozen bills governing how the technology would affect political discourse, job security, public safety and other topics — a range of goals that reflects a belief the technology could fundamentally transform...
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to expand opportunities for incarcerated New Yorkers to reduce time on their sentence — building on momentum for prison reform in the next budget following last month's death of an incarcerated man who was beaten by multiple correction officers. ...
STAKEHOLDER CONSENSUS AND CIRCUMVENTION IN DRUG DIVERSION PROGRAMS: FINDINGS FROM CALIFORNIA'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND CRIME PREVENTION ACT (PROPOSITION 36). Budget cuts undermined portions of the law that stakeholders agreed with and stakeholders themselves sought to circumvent portions of the law that they...
How much house can I afford in California?If California is on your short list for retirement, you should carefully consider whether it meets your budget. California has plenty of other great features for retirees — balmy weather, a strong health care system and strong culture factors — but ...