Topic: California
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The outlook is not bright for the cornerstone of California Governor Jerry Brown's state budget plan, a ballot measure that would extend tax increases that expire this year.Brown and fellow Democrats who control the legislature cannot find Republicans ...
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - Californians would overwhelmingly back extending temporary tax increases to help balance the state's budget if asked to in a special election, according to survey results released on Wednesday.The results of the statewide survey conducted by the University of ...
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) - California's Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and five Republicans he needs to reach a balanced budget deal couldn't even agree on Monday about whether or not they were still negotiating.Republican state Senator Tom Harman said talks had stalled."Basically the ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California lawmakers may delay a vote on a state budget plan until Monday, aides said, in a sign that talks between Democratic Governor Jerry Brown and Republicans are progressing.Brown had hoped the Democratic-led legislature would vote on a ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Democratic Governor Jerry Brown's plan to close the state's huge budget gap is running into a wall of Republican opposition over a proposed referendum on extending tax increases.If Republicans hold firm and withhold votes for a tax ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Governor Jerry Brown pressed California lawmakers in his state-of-the-state address on Monday to let voters decide on his budget plan, saying any attempt to block a special election on the issue would be irresponsible.California, the most populous U.S. ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A majority of Californians back Governor Jerry Brown's plan to ask them to extend tax increases to help close a $25.4 billion state budget gap, poll results released on Wednesday showed.Brown, a Democrat sworn in to a third ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California Governor Jerry Brown will urge lawmakers to support cuts to welfare, health and higher education spending and call on them to back his plan to ask voters to raise taxes to close a state budget gap that ...
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A prominent Washington activist is calling on Republican lawmakers in California to stick to an anti-tax pledge, a risk to a special election for raising revenue that Governor Jerry Brown is widely expected to ask the legislature to ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Erich Kwek's new office is awash in sunlight and impeccably ordered, with enough space for a desk, small sitting area and a conference table. If you didn't know better, you might mistake it for a corner office at ...
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