Gov. Brown To Eliminate Report On Australia's Kangaroo Population And 717 Other Unnecessary Reports
Gov. Jerry Brown says his administration has found more than 700 unnecessary state reports as a result of a cost-cutting review he ordered last year.
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Gov. Jerry Brown says his administration has found more than 700 unnecessary state reports as a result of a cost-cutting review he ordered last year.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says he regrets the cost to taxpayers of his weekend trips to his California home, which cost about $32,000 for reach round trip.
Cathie Wright, a prominent Republican who represented eastern Ventura County in the state Legislature for two decades, has died.
Gov. Jerry Brown warned Friday that the state's budget shortfall may be larger than predicted and called on state lawmakers to "man up" and pass his proposed spending cuts.
Lawmakers want California to join the federal government and 42 other states in ending use of the term "mentally retarded."
Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein said Tuesday there was never any indication that her former campaign treasurer was mismanaging her re-election account before the treasurer's arrest last year in a widespread embezzlement case.
The California State Teachers Retirement System says its unfunded liability has risen to $64.5 billion, an increase of $8.5 billion from a year ago.
Dead-of-night votes on rushed legislation are a perennial problem in the Capitol, often forcing lawmakers to vote on major issues without time to read the substance of the bills.
Lawmakers returning this week from their spring recess face fast-approaching deadlines for several critical decisions.
The youngest rising star in California Republican politics is a 24-year-old, Ivy League-educated law student.
It's proving to be a costly commute home for Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has commuted on military aircraft to his home in Northern California more than two dozen times since he took over the Pentagon in July, paying about $630 per trip for a roundtrip flight that costs the Pentagon about $32,000.
With the Republican presidential hopeful closing in on the GOP nomination, attention is beginning to turn to who he will pick to be by his side as he takes on President Obama and Vice President Biden for the White House.
Rick Santorum has some California educators and students upset over some of his comments.
State Controller John Chiang says he intends on getting the truth as to how the city of Stockton could be so suddenly in deep debt.
