Legislature Going Without Pay, for Now
No balanced budget, no paychecks for the Legislature. That's the assessment of the state's chief financial officer John Chiang. He says the budget the Legislature passed and the governor vetoed was not really balanced -- and therefore didn't meet the voter-approved standard to pay legislators past the deadline.
How School Budgets Passed From Local to State
More of California's public school districts are heading toward the financial brink. At last count, 143 are inching toward insolvency. The problem dates back to changes that shifted responsibility for funding education from local districts to the state.
