June 8, 2018
CapRadio’s Ben Adler joins us to talk about the early results of the California primary elections this week and what they mean for the November general elections. Then, he explains what we can expect from the California state budget.
December 8, 2017 | Sally Schilling
CAL FIRE has exceeded its firefighting budget projection by an estimated $60 million so far. Officials say going over budget is the new normal.
June 22, 2017 | Ben Adler
There’s still more work left on the California budget for state lawmakers. Even though they sent a spending plan to Gov. Jerry Brown last week, up to a dozen companion “trailer” bills remain – and they could come up for votes as soon as Thursday.
June 9, 2017
Early Thursday, it looked like lawmakers were headed for a deal on California's budget. And though they have started to roll out of pieces of the state budget deal, they haven't reached a full agreement yet. Capitol Bureau Chief Ben Adler has more.
May 12, 2017
State government reporter Ben Bradford recaps highlights of Gov. Jerry Brown's revised state budget where he expects major cuts to happen.
January 17, 2017 | Ben Bradford
California Senators are questioning Governor Jerry Brown’s proposal to cut back state spending and the revenue projections that proposal is based on. The Senate budget committee met for its first hearing on the plan Tuesday.
June 13, 2016 | Ben Adler
Advocacy groups are scrambling to check out what’s really in the state budget deal that California Governor Jerry Brown and Democratic legislative leaders agreed to late last week.
May 2, 2016
(AP) — Preliminary numbers show California's personal income tax collections were about $1 billion short of Gov. Jerry Brown's projections during the pivotal month of April.
June 24, 2015 | Katie Orr
Governor Jerry Brown signed the California budget with no fanfare Thursday.
June 16, 2014 | Katie Orr
Democrats are lauding the passage of California’s $156 billion budget while Republicans say state spending is becoming excessive.
