Crunch Time Approaches To Strike Budget Deal
Efforts by Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers to court a handful of Republican lawmakers are expected to intensify this week as they seek to compromise on a plan to send a tax vote to the ballot.
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Efforts by Gov. Jerry Brown and Democratic lawmakers to court a handful of Republican lawmakers are expected to intensify this week as they seek to compromise on a plan to send a tax vote to the ballot.
Californians have been paying more on just about everything the past two years, from TV sets to vehicle licenses to income taxes.
A newly released Secret Service audiotape from the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan sheds lights on the chaotic aftermath when neither the president nor his agents realized he'd been shot.
Sheriff Lee Baca warned a Congressional panel on Thursday that Americans make a "false assumption" when they blame terrorism on one particular group or ideology.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa will be in the nation's capitol Thursday to meet with lawmakers about his national jobs and transportation plan, America Fast Forward.
The former city manager of Bell along with his top deputy were ordered on Thursday to stand trial on charges of misappropriating millions of dollars from taxpayers.
Leaders in Ventura County's largest city are transferring an estimated $70 million in community redevelopment agency assets, as well as $411 million in future tax revenue, to shield it from a state proposal to eliminate hundreds of redevelopment agencies.
Gabrielino High School junior Kimiko Nishitsuji will join a select group of young people and parents to look at ways to combat bullying in our nation's schools.
The former city manager of Bell will soon learn whether he must stand trial on dozens of charges of looting the modest city's treasury.
Mayor Bob Foster issued a dire warning to pension policy makers at a forum entitled, "Is California Headed for a Super Storm of Unfunded Pension Liabilities?".
With about 93 percent of precincts reporting, the results point to an electorate focused heavily on fixing the city's growing budget deficit.
The last figure jailed in the Bell corruption case has been freed. Victor Bello's attorney says the former mayor was released from Los Angeles County jail shortly before 4 a.m. Wednesday.
NPR president and CEO Vivian Schiller has resigned in the wake of comments by a fellow executive that angered conservatives and renewed calls to end federal funding for public broadcasting.
City of Bell residents flocked to the polls today to elect five new City Council members. The municipality has been politically stagnant since eight current and former officials were charged with swindling public funds.
Republican lawmakers aren't budging as Gov. Jerry Brown enters the last stretch of a self-imposed budget deadline for a legislative vote to call a June special election.
