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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s independent Legislative Analyst’s Office is forecasting that the state will have a $31 billion budget surplus next year. The predicted surplus is so large the office estimates it will exceed a constitutional limit on state spending by more than $14...

Alabama GOP governor signs bills to use Covid-19 relief funds to build prisons into law By Rebekah Riess and Devon M. Sayers, CNN Updated 11:14 PM ET, Fri October 1, 2021 [paste:font size="5"] coronavirus relief funds to build new prisons in the state, calling it a "pivotal moment...

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) has ordered all federal, pandemic-related unemployment programs in the state to end on June 30, citing workforce shortages. In a memo to South Carolina Department of Employment and Workforce Director Daniel Ellzey, McMaster said that businesses "face an...