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Gov. Gavin Newsom gives an update in Rancho Cordova, Calif., Friday, June 26, 2020, on the state's response to the coronavirus pandemic.

California's Budget Has Billions In Cuts To Close Deficit

California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a $202.1 billion budget on Monday, reflecting an economy and tax revenues hobbled by the coronavirus pandemic.

A Yonkers Fire Department EMT wears full personal protective equipment during the coronavirus shutdown in Westchester County, New York. County leaders across the country say they need help paying for essential services as the shutdown continues.

Counties Say They Need More Federal Money To Stay Solvent Amid Coronavirus Shutdowns

Counties say declining tax revenues are hitting their budgets hard so they need federal money to keep fighting the virus and providing other essential services.

Richard Sobek, the Commander of American Legion Post 327 in Shawnee, Kansas, sits at the post's basement bar in this undated photo. The post is struggling to recover financially after being closed several months during the pandemic.

American Legion Posts Are Reopening, But Many Still Face A Financial Crisis

More than 12,000 American Legion posts closed for at least part of the pandemic. Those closures left some posts in financial trouble.

President-elect Joe Biden speaks Tuesday at a National Guard/Reserve Center in New Castle, Del., named after his late son, Beau, before departing for Washington, D.C.

Biden Says He Wants To Unite America. He Might Find Unity Hard To Come By

As Joe Biden is inaugurated, he is hoping to bring America together. But the country's modern divisions didn't begin and end with Trump.

Second Federal Inmate Dies From COVID-19

On March 31, the Federal Bureau of Prisons began a systemwide 14-day quarantine for inmates to stem the spread of the coronavirus.

Police confront protesters in front of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY, on May 29, 2020.

Lawyers Charged With Seven Felonies In Molotov Cocktail Attack Out On Bail

Two lawyers could face life in prison for allegedly firebombing an empty police car during a protest in New York. Prosecutors call it a calculated crime. Supporters say they're being singled out.

In this March 16, 2012, file photo, researcher Terry Storm works in a stem cell research lab at the Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building on the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, Calif.

California's Stem-Cell Research Program Nearly Out Of Money

California’s first-of-its-kind state program to fund stem-cell research is running out of money and supporters want voters to provide a $5.5 billion infusion. Proposition 14's supporters are hoping voters will again support the program.

Housing activists gather in Swampscott, Mass., on Oct. 14 to call on the state's governor to support more robust protections against evictions and foreclosures during the pandemic.

More Americans Pay Rent On Credit Cards As Lawmakers Fail To Pass Relief Bill

Many Americans who've lost income in the pandemic are falling deeper into debt — forced to pay bills or even their rent on credit cards. It's a sign of trouble ahead for the economy.

Todd Gloria signs the San Diego city budget in his office, San Diego, Calif. June 21, 2021.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Signs $4.6 Billion Budget

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria Monday signed the $4.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2022, also known as "Back to Work SD," into law.

In this Jan. 27, 2021, file photo, a For Rent sign is posted in Sacramento, Calif. California Gov

California Weighs Extending Eviction Protections Past June

Gov. Gavin Newsom says California will pay off all the past-due rent that accumulated in the nation's most populated state because of the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a promise to make landlords whole while giving renters a clean slate.

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