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Schwarzenegger Tackles California's Budget Woes

By Ina Jaffe
Published November 17, 2003 at 9:00 PM PST
This story was published more than 21 years ago.

Newly inaugurated California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger calls a special legislative session to begin crafting a plan for tackling the state's budget deficit, projected to be at least $14 billion. Many observers believe Schwarzenegger will issue around $20 billion in bonds to pay off California's immediate debt. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

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Ina Jaffe
Ina Jaffe is a veteran NPR correspondent covering the aging of America. Her stories on Morning Edition and All Things Considered have focused on older adults' involvement in politics and elections, dating and divorce, work and retirement, fashion and sports, as well as issues affecting long term care and end of life choices. In 2015, she was named one of the nation's top "Influencers in Aging" by PBS publication Next Avenue, which wrote "Jaffe has reinvented reporting on aging."
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