California
Can California control its boom-and-bust budget?
California thought it was awash in funds. Now it's awash in red ink, and the answer may be deeper cuts or giving state leaders more power to raise revenues.
California has until Saturday to balance a budget that is billions of dollars out of whack, and not in a good way. Ambitious, worthy programs put into place in 2022, when Gov. Gavin Newsom was projecting a record surplus, are being paused or rolled b... [7656 chars]