California bill would tax Big Tech to create tax credit for news organizations
The tax would raise an estimated $500 million annually.
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The tax would raise an estimated $500 million annually.
California has commissioned an exhaustive study of whether its prisons provide a constitutional level of mental health care, which it could use to try to end one of the lawsuits that have federal courts overseeing the state’s prisons. But corrections officials won’t disclose even basic details of the consultants’ contract, including its cost to taxpayers.
California commissioned an exhaustive study of prison mental health care but is keeping basic details a secret.
(CALMATTERS) - Talk to any California legislator about the budget deficit the state is facing, and you might hear a familiar refrain: It’s not just about
Given the state’s budget deficit, legislative leaders are calling for reviews of how existing programs are working. But more than 70 percent of the 1,118 agency reports due in the past year have not been submitted yet.