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Posted inPolitics

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Reading Between the Lines of California’s New $215 Billion Budget

Despite speculation about bold moves—in a far-left direction, even for this blue state—Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative Democrats actually landed a budget Thursday that’s surgical about new taxing and spending while still keeping promises to help poor Californians and working families. Under the $214.8 billion spending plan, the state inched closer to universal health coverage, […]

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