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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Legislative Analyst’s Office, a nonpartisan government agency, released a critical response Monday to the governor’s budget plans. Newsom’s initial plan calls for $348.9 billion in state spending ...

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 ...