Jerry Brown

Democrat Jerry Brown, currently California's attorney general, served as California's youngest governor from 1975 to1983 and, at age 72, hopes to become its oldest. The son of former Gov. Pat Brown has also been California's secretary of state, mayor of Oakland and a candidate for president and U.S. Senate.

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CALIFORNIA

Democrat

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Prison Guards Getting Payoff for Supporting Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown?

By Tori Richards

A taxpayer rights group has blasted California Gov. Jerry Brown, a Democrat, for giving the prison guards who funded his re-election a new contract that will eventually cost millions to a state that ...

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5 Large States, 5 Different Paths to Fix Broken Budgets

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- California's governor wants to maintain temporary tax increases to keep $9 billion a year flowing to the state treasury. Low-tax Texas is considering tapping its rainy day account ...

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Near-Record Sierra Snow Good News to Parched Calif.

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SODA SPRINGS, Calif. -- Chris Rivest's father sent him from San Francisco to the family vacation cabin near the Sierra Nevada crest with a seemingly simple chore -- clear it and the driveway of ...

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States Shift to Deep Cuts for Workers to Balance Budgets

By Andrea Stone

Dire. Drastic. Draconian. Call them what you will, but the measures being called for in state capitals to deal with record budget shortfalls are harsher than any in memory and have sparked angry ...

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Jerry Brown Declares California Fiscal Emergency While Meg Whitman Is Named to HP Board

By David Knowles

Their paths have diverged. Intense rivals in the 2010 race to become governor of the state of California, Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman spent today in markedly different ways. Gov. Brown declared a ...

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Jerry Brown

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May 15, 2013

How Jerry Brown's California Budget Revision Is Playing

Source: The Huffington Post

Championing what he calls "prudence, not exuberance," Governor Jerry Brown on Tuesday rolled out the annual "May Revise" of his proposed California state budget.