State Budget Includes Trigger Mechanisms if Good Times Get Even Better
Governor Jerry Brown signs next fiscal year's budget into law today. With tax revenues gushing into state coffers, this $156 billion dollar spending plan features a few billion dollars more than the budget for this year. Times are so good that next year's budget is built to anticipate the possibility there might be even more money to work with in the coming months.
California Health Exchange Calls for Review of November Ballot Measure
Officials with the agency in charge of implementing the Affordable Care Act in California are expressing concerns about a measure on the state ballot this fall. The measure would give the state's insurance commissioner the authority to reject excessive rate increases in health insurance premiums.
Environmental Group Pushes for Reintroduction of the Grizzly Bear
The Grizzly Bear is on the state flag, but hasn't been seen in California for almost a century. The Center for Biological Diversity is petitioning the US Fish and Wildlife Service to reintroduce the bear to the Sierra Nevada and other parts of the West.