California suspends welfare, student grants & tax refunds
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-budget17-2009jan17,0,4472460.story
Chiang said he had no choice but to stop making some $3.7 billion in payments in the absence of action by the governor and lawmakers to close the state’s nearly $42-billion budget deficit. More than half of those payments are tax refunds.
