The City of Santa Monica, California approved a multimillion-dollar apartment unit for the homeless days after an audit found the state could not account for $24B spent on homelessness. The post California city OK’s $1M per unit homeless housing project after audit found state wasted billions on crisis first appeared on WFIN Local News.
Is California really a high-tax state? New findings question (Third column, 5th story, link)
The final report from an audit of Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders' lectern controversy, or #LecternGate, was released this week
(The Center Square) - Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond called for the resignation of Tourism, Wildlife and Heritage Secretary Shelley Zumwalt after an audit showed she approved a multi-million contract for a company where her husband worked while working for another state agency. The report released by State Auditor Cindy Byrd Tuesday afternoon shows that a contract was made between Phase 2 Development and the Oklahoma Employment Securities Commission for improvements...
The FBI requested documents from the treasurer's office as part of a federal grand jury subpoena involving a case that has not yet been made public.
In September 2023, Microsoft announced early access to Xbox Mastercard, a credit card with perks for gamers. Today, the no-annual-fee card is available to all residents of the United States.
A deadly combination of high wind, power outages, communication failures and a lack of leadership from the Maui Emergency Management Agency created chaos during the Aug. 8 wildfires, according to the first phase of findings from a state investigation.
California’s massive budget deficit, coupled with the state’s relatively high level of joblessness, has become a major barrier to reducing the billions of dollars of debt it has incurred to pay unemployment benefits. The surge in unemployment brought on by the COVID pandemic pushed the state’s unemployment insurance trust into insolvency. And over the last year California’s joblessness has been on the upswing again, reaching 5.3% in February, the highest among all states. The March job numbers...
A spokesman for State Treasurer Fiona Ma confirmed that it had been contacted by a law enforcement agency seeking documents and that it is cooperating.
The forecasted allocation has increased to 40%
(FOX40.COM) — The California State Fair continues to announce performers for its 2024 concert series. On April 22, the latest music acts announced for the Toyota Concert Series were country singer Cole Swindell and classic surf rock band The Beach Boys. Swindell will perform at 8 p.m. on July 14 while The Beach Boys will []
Could a crackdown on Clear be brewing in the nation’s most populous state? On Tuesday, California lawmakers will begin considering a bill that, if passed, could place serious new regulations on the expedited airport security service. Critics say it could effectively force Clear out of many Golden State airports. At issue is the fact that …