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Viewpoints: As economy improves, let's look at long-term budget answers
February 05, 2012

California Teachers Association backs Brown's tax plan
January 30, 2012

Sacramento County case over mental health care settled
January 24, 2012

Mental health advocates reach court settlement with Sacramento County
January 23, 2012

Dan Walters: Jerry Brown puts his contradictions on display
January 19, 2012

Viewpoints: Court closes one door, but redevelopment window is open
January 15, 2012

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Budget Deficit Videos

Riverside County Facing $80 Million Dollar Deficit
February 09, 2012 | KMIR NBC 6 Palm Springs

5PM WED OSHKOSH STAFFING LEVELS
February 08, 2012 | WLUK Fox 11 Green Bay

Sheriff Continues to Face Budget Problems
February 08, 2012 | KGPE CBS 47 Fresno

Budget Deficit Wikipedia Information

A budget deficit occurs when an entity (often a government) spends more money than it takes in. The opposite is a budget surplus.An accumulated deficit over several years (or centuries) is referred to as the government debt. Often, a certain part of spending is dedicated to paying of debt with certain maturity, which can be refinanced by issuing new government bonds...

Sacramento Connect

CA Gov Brown Shuts Down “Recovery Website As State Faces $21 Billion Budget Deficit, 129 Companies Leave
January 15, 2012
CA Gov Brown Shuts Down “Recovery Website As State Faces $21 Billion Budget Deficit, 129 Companies Leave by Chriss W. [...]

Molly Munger changes tax initiative to address budget deficit
December 23, 2011
Responding to concerns by Gov. Jerry Brown, Democratic leaders and budget stakeholders, civil rights attorney Molly Munger today submitted a new version of her...

Jim Cason: How the Government Can Save $2 Trillion
July 05, 2011
July 4, 2011 - This summer, members of Congress are threatening to shut down the federal government or block efforts to raise the limit on how much the U.S...

Field Poll | Voters don’t have great confidence in governor or legislature to resolve budget deficit
June 15, 2011
June 15, 2011 - A new Field Poll survey finds that California voters do not have a great deal of confidence in either Democratic Governor Jerry Brown or the...

Robert Reich | The Biggest Driver in the Deficit Battle: Standard & Poors
July 27, 2011
July 26, 2011 - If you think deficit-reduction is being driven by John Boehner or Harry Reid, think again. The biggest driver right now is Standard & Poor's. All...

Robert Reich | The Empty Bully Pulpit
July 28, 2011
July 27 2011 - How did we get into this mess? I thought I'd seen Washington at its worst. I was there just after Watergate. I was there when Jimmy Carter...

Other local news reports

Letter: A. B. 109 poses threats
February 07, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Regarding the Jan. 27 front-page story,'' Realignment had no role in early release of rape suspect'': Last year, Gov. Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 109, the prison realignment program designed to reduce the state's budget deficit ...

Calif. Supreme Court Eliminates Redevelopment Agencies
December 29, 2011 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio State Government News
A crucial California Supreme Court ruling says the state can eliminate redevelopment agencies and put redevelopment funds towards the state budget deficit. It's a big win for...

OUR VIEW: Politics as usual rules day
November 23, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The supercommittee in Congress was supposed to propose at least $1.2 trillion in cuts over 10 years to the budget deficit by today. The full Congress then was supposed to take...

Op- Ed: Stop games in budget deficit fight
May 16, 2011 | AppealDemocrat
The U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a hearing Thursday that demonstrated just how difficult it will be for the nation to address its deficit problem. It further demonstrated...

From around the web

Ahmadinejad Calls For End To Dollar Dominance
December 24, 1999 | Memri Latest Blogs Urdupashtu
'' Considering that the U.S. Treasury prints the dollar, the U.S. budget deficit is reduced by... August 17, 2011, 9: 32 am ...

Budget cuts, early retirements reduce Polk County deficit to under $ 4 million
February 08, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Polk County's expected $7.8 million budget deficit has been cut in half by a combination of department cuts and an early retirement incentive program, county supervisors were...

Polk Co. budget gap narrows; leaders tout fewer workers, smaller union raises
February 07, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Polk Countys expected $7.8 million budget deficit has been cut in half by a combination of department cuts and an early retirement incentive program, county supervisors were...

' Halftime in America' ad during Super Bowl 2012 creates political debate
February 07, 2012 | indystar.com
Others questioned basing a story of economic resurgence in a city that remains in fiscal disarray, with a $200 million budget deficit and cash flow concerns that have it fending...

Polk Co. budget gap narrows; leaders tout fewer workers, smaller union raises
February 07, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Polk County' -- s expected $7.8 million budget deficit has been cut in half by a combination of department cuts and an early retirement incentive program, county supervisors...

Budget Deficit on twitter

	POW! RT @markos: More bad news for GOP. RT @BreakingNews: US Treasury Department: Budget deficit drops to $27 billion in January Twitter: @mancinia6
	RT @kesgardner: I'm old enough to remember when the left went apesh*t over the $161B budget deficit in FY 2007. Obama runs up that much debt each month. Twitter: @quart_dizzle
	2013 US budget deficit estimated to be $901 billion. Twitter: @james0365
	@BarackObama's proposed budget deficit: $1,330,000,000,000.00 Yeah, that makes good sense. #2012 Twitter: @ticogringopaisa
	[FX Update] U.s. Treasury : Jan 2012 Budget Deficit $27.4 Billion Vs Jan 2011 Deficit of $49.8 Billion ... Twitter: @Sandbergz
	“@BreakingNews: Budget deficit drops to $27 billion in Jan http://t.co/iOj04TPk” - "Most of the drop was due to several accounting changes." Twitter: @Adam_Cyber