Tag: Senator Brian Bingman

Revenue forecast confirms need for continued caution

By: David Blatt
January 3, 2013 // Updated: May 1, 2019
In late December, the Board of Equalization certified a preliminary estimate of the revenues available for next year’s budget. The numbers confirm that while the worst of the fiscal crisis is now far behind us, the state remains in the… Read more [More...]

Legislative action on pensions shores up system, defuses rhetoric

By: David Blatt
June 2, 2011 // Updated: May 1, 2019
The 2011 legislative session was marked by passage of legislation to limit lawsuit damages, restrict the collective bargaining rights of public employees and the legal rights of teachers, revamp the workers compensation system, and consolidate state agencies. Yet when asked… Read more [More...]