Also offering some support was Assembly Republican leader Connie Conway, R-Tulare, who reiterated that Brown was "the adult in the room" and predicted the most meaningful fault line in the coming...

Assemblyman Jeff Gorell (R-Camarillo) said approving the blank bills is equivalent to “enabling a broken system.” And Assemblyman Mike Morrell (R-Rancho Cucamonga) said a businessman operating the...

There's absolutely nothing wrong, per se, with incurring debt, whether it's by families, businesses or governments. A functional credit market is absolutely vital to a modern economy.

There was a time when California lived up to its nickname as the “Golden State,” attracting people from all over the nation and world with its low taxes and business-friendly environment. Add to that...

Arnold Schwarzenegger persuaded voters nine years ago that if they let him borrow money to cover the budget deficit, California's financial woes would end for good. A key part of his plan was a new...

Californians have paid tens of millions of dollars the past three years in state fees that had been scheduled to die - but never did.

Assemblyman Jeff Gorell, R-Camarillo, says Prop. 31 tried to do too much, but the most popular provisions can and should be preserved.

In 2012, the state Legislature passed 80 budget “spot” bills — empty bills with no details. Such measures just sit on a shelf and await last-minute bill language, then are put forward for late-night...

A committee hearing Thursday, April 11, will offer an early indication of whether an Assembly Republican plan touted as a way to increase transparency inside the Capitol has any chance at success....

Republican lawmakers are trying to resurrect parts of a failed ballot measure in hopes of increasing transparency in the state budget process.