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MAKES A RULING. AFTER TODAY’S HEARING, GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS FACING PUSHBACK AT THE STATE CAPITOL OVER HIS PROPOSED BUDGET. THE STATE’S INDEPENDENT LEGISLATIVE ANALYST RESPONDED TO THAT PROPOSAL ...

California could save $150 million annually by shuttering an additional state prison within the next few years, according to a new budget analysis. This recommendation comes as the state faces a ...

California's $2 billion budget accounting error tied to CalPERS went undisclosed for months, even as the state projected a $3 ...

On paper, the annual process of drafting a state budget is rational. In practice, it’s more akin to voodoo. It starts, as state law requires, with the governor’s ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California’s legislative analyst said Monday that lawmakers should adopt its own revenue predictions as opposed to the governor’s rosier forecast and tackle the state’s ...

TYLER, Texas (KLTV) -The Smith County Commissioners Court will consider dissolving the budget officer position and replacing it with a budget analyst role. The county has been without a budget officer ...