Tags: State Fiscal Crisis
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Gov. Brown Looks to Hike Court Fees to Balance Budget
Californians may have to pay even more to fight tickets or access state records
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Legislative Analyst Agrees Brown's Calif. Budget is Balanced
Assuming, of course, actual spending matches the budget, which it never does
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Illinois Punts on Pension Reform While Governor Flails Around Haplessly
Whines about "political timidity" while failing to organize a solid solution
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In a Sea of Red Ink, Some States Enjoy Surpluses
Financial responsibility ... Who knew?
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Ill. Governor Proposes Commission to Fix Pension Crisis
Leading from behind. Far, far behind. Like from behind Indiana.
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What Fresh Horrors Await Californians in the Next Budget?
State casts about for new stones to get blood from
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D.C. Fiscal Uncertainty Keeps State Budgets Unsettled
A guessing game for everybody
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Calif. Prop. 13 Discussion Shows How Easy it Is to Mislead When Talking About “Fairness” in Taxes
Trying to cast businesses in California as creating a tax burden for residents requires a certain amount of deliberate contextual blindness
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Audit: Calif. Parks Dept. Deliberately Underreported Finances
Hid funds from the state in midst of fiscal crisis
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Highest Paid Calif. CHP Officer Took in $484,000 Last Year
Now retired, pulls in annual pension of $175,000, while working another job
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Latest News in California’s Skill at Revenue Projection: It Still Sucks
Don't bank on that Prop. 30 money, kids
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Bloomberg Takes Aim at the Fiscal Horror Show of State Employee Salaries
Fiddling with the rules while the economy burns
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Calif. Employee Pay Spirals Out of Control
State psychiatrist rakes in More than $800,000 a year
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Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia in Bloomberg On the Doomed Union Initiaitve in Michigan
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Protect Our Jobs Initiative Slips in Michigan Along With Obama
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Reason Writers Around Town: Shikha Dalmia in the WSJ on Big Labor's Big Battle in Michigan
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State, Local Debt Leaves Texans On the Hook for $9K Each
That's only the fifth heaviest burden in the country
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States Ignore Real Pension Reform at Own Peril
Feeble attempts thus far aren't fixing problems
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New Jersey Revenue $254 Million Less Than Forecast
Nine percent drop in corporation tax collections
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California Parks System Hid $54 Million Surplus, Even in Face of Possible Closures