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Sacramento area home prices stay flat in April
May 17, 2012

Dan Walters: California politicians bet big
May 16, 2012

Gov. Jerry Brown: State budget deficit now $16 billion
May 12, 2012

Captiol Alert: Gov. Jerry Brown: State budget deficit now $16 billion - double January estimate
May 12, 2012

Jerry Brown tells state agencies to reduce emissions, water use
April 25, 2012

Capitol Alert: Jerry Brown tells state agencies to reduce emissions, water use
April 25, 2012

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Brown Details Budget For Tackling $16B
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PPIC Survey: Worried About School Funding, Most Favor Tax Increase-For the Rich
April 26, 2012
SAN FRANCISCO, April 25, 2012 — California's likely voters favor raising the state income taxes of the wealthiest state residents to provide more money for...

Report Card Ranks 50 States on Transparency of Spending
March 14, 2012
March 14, 2012 - In Following the Money 2012: How the States Rank on Providing Online Access to Government Spending Data, researchers at the United States Public...

Census Bureau pegs California state spending at $210.4 billion
December 14, 2011
The 2010 census pegged California's population at 37.3 million, 12.1 percent of the nation's, and a new Census Bureau report says California's government...

Governor Brown Signs Honest, Balanced and On-Time Budget
June 30, 2011
SACRAMENTO June 30, 2011 – Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. today signed the 2011-12 California State Budget (SB 87), dropping General Fund spending to the lowest...

KS: Injunction Sought to Prevent Unjustified, Purposeful Effort to Eliminate Abortion Services
July 01, 2011
OVERLAND PARK, KS, June 30, 2011 - Comprehensive Health of Planned Parenthood of Kansas and Mid-Missouri (CHPPKM) filed suit today in federal district court to...

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November Ballot Might Not Include Spending Cap Initiative After All
March 02, 2012 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio State Government News
California voters might not see a hard cap on state spending on the November ballot after all. The measure's backers are leaning towards delaying it leaving a crowded ballot a...

Taxpayer Groups Push Initiative to Cap State Spending
December 06, 2011 | RSS Feed: Capital Public Radio State Government News
would cap state spending. ...

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Branstad ducks questions about his priorities' progress
May 19, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Branstad said he was measuring actual budgets under his watch against previous projections of state spending ... Officials appointed by Branstad in the state's management department estimated state spending ...

Branstad to push for gas tax hike, avoids questions about goals
May 18, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
Officials appointed by Branstad in the state's management department once estimated that state spending would climb to $8.5 billion by 2017 if the Legislature and governor...

Indiana election: Democratic governor candidate John Gregg seeks tax cut for businesses
May 16, 2012 | indystar.com
Gregg has previously said he would like to abolish the sales tax on gasoline and cover the loss in revenue through better management of state spending. With eyes off the grueling...

Romney will focus on federal deficit in his Des Moines visit today
May 15, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
During his four years as governor, state spending increased by 6.5 percent per year, government jobs grew six times as fast as private sector jobs, taxes and fees went up by $...

Gov. Jerry Brown calls for cuts as deficit jumps
May 13, 2012 | San Francisco Bay Area News -- -- SFGate
California's budget deficit has jumped to $16 billion, forcing Gov. Jerry Brown to call for even deeper cuts in state spending when he releases his revised budget plan on...

Hagenow: State budget deemed a success
May 13, 2012 | DesMoinesRegister.com
We reduced total state spending by $160 million, and did not ask taxpayers to fund the $200 million salary increase granted by Gov. Chet Culver before he left office. Part of...

State Spending on twitter

	@S8mB Obv not all state spending is efficient/creative, but would you say tax being capital (instead of Wilt's human) makes it uncreative? Twitter: @TyronWilson
	@Mad_as_Hell_UK So state spending pays for itself, then? No deadweight costs? Fiscal multiplier always >1? Twitter: @VeryBritishDude
	Swedish state spending went from 72% to 51% of GDP, and growth almost doubled. http://t.co/KPZuQZUu Twitter: @pauldanon
	@Chris1966 Right. So Brown taking State spending from 35 - 56% of GDP in a decade WHILE RUNNING UP THE BIGGEST DEFICIT IN HISTORY was OK? Twitter: @VeryBritishDude
	See Chart: #NM State Spending on Pork Projects. http://t.co/ABsj1nm1 Twitter: @Bewickwren
	The Police State - http://t.co/FFPJ65o2 <'spending an estimated $100 billion per year' #wtf? Twitter: @donotleaveblank

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