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California budget breakdown: How it impacts your life, from Medi-Cal and education to fires
The state's fiscal year begins July 1. As California faces a shortfall in the billions, here's a look at what the budget ...
California closes $12 billion budget deficit with hit to migrants
California will halt new enrollments for undocumented adults in Medi-Cal, effectively capping the program's growth.
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State of California boosts education with critical investments for public education in 2025-2026 State Budget
Officials say the budget allocated $300 million to the Student Teacher Stipend Program and another $70 million to the Teacher ...
Despite $12 billion state budget shortfall, Newsom and California Dems defer major spending cuts
To help fill the budget deficit, Newsom and lawmakers agreed to shift some funding from Proposition 4, a $10 billion climate ...
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In a first, California moves toward paying incarcerated firefighters minimum wage
California deployed incarcerated firefighters to combat wildfires in Los Angeles earlier this year. Now, a new state budget ...
Last-minute budget change brings California housing policy fight to a head
Newsom’s signature on a $321 billion state budget is “contingent” on “legislation to cut red tape and unleash housing,” a ...
California reaches $321 billion budget deal boosting Hollywood
California Governor Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers struck a budget agreement that provides $750 million in tax credits for ...
Noah Wyle Touts Film Tax Credit Expansion With Gavin Newsom, Says California’s ‘Been Generating Talent for Decades’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom joined “The Pitt” star Noah Wyle in Burbank to celebrate the expansion of the state’s film tax ...
California budget deal cooks the books again to hide big ‘structural’ deficit
Were a private corporation to cook its books like the state government does, its executives could wind up in jail for fraud.