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With California Revenues Up, Gov. Brown Loosens The Grip On Tight-Fisted Budget

KVCR | By Ben Bradford

Published May 12, 2017 at 11:37 AM PDT

The state of California expects to have a couple billion dollars more revenue than it projected at the beginning of the year. In his latest spending plan out yesterday (Thursday), Governor Jerry Brown would use that money to restore some cuts he proposed in January, as Capital Public Radio's Ben Bradford reports.

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Ben Bradford is a city kid, who came to Charlotte from San Francisco by way of New York, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. Prior to his career in journalism, Ben spent time as an actor, stuntman, viral marketer, and press secretary for a Member of Congress. He graduated from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in theater and from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism in 2012. As a reporter, his work has been featured on NPR, WNYC, the BBC, and Public Radio International.

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