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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to extend California’s landmark cap and trade program through 2045. But earmarking half of this ...

State Auditor Cindy Byrd released a brief audit report of the financial situation at the Department of Mental Health and ...

At the last of three budget hearings Thursday, the City Council made minor tweaks but largely left Mayor Tim Keller’s ...

For example, a 2011 measure changed the formula used to allocate money to L.A. libraries, increasing that budget by about 70%. Voters also weighed in several times on changes to the pension system ...

Florida Senate President Ben Albritton wrote in a memo that he believes they are making progress but are not in a position to ...

A number of Europe's last defense budget holdouts finally, in April, agreed to meet NATO's longstanding 2% of GDP guideline level for military expenditure. The Belgian, Italian and Spanish ...

After a sharp, brief fight in which Democrats were outnumbered by majority Republicans, Missouri legislative budget ...