NATION : U.S. Had Record Surplus in April
- Share via
WASHINGTON — The United States posted a record $42.5-billion budget surplus in April on income tax payments after ringing up a record $53.3-billion deficit in March, the Treasury Department said today.
“A record high in receipts and surplus resulted from increased individual income tax filing,” the Treasury Department said in its monthly statement.
More From the Los Angeles Times
Podcasts
The latest effort is coming from the L.A. County Board of Supervisors. They just announced a $3 million program in conjunction with some nonprofits groups to test and clean the soil at homes still standing in the areas impacted by the Eaton Fire.
California once bet big on offshore wind to help power its clean-energy future, but the Trump administration is now paying developers billions to walk away from their projects. As California’s remaining offshore-wind leases hang in the balance, the state is fighting back in court.
The Hillside Strangler murders terrorized Los Angeles in the late 1970s. The killers were a pair of sadistic cousins. One confessed. The other was set to stand trial—until L.A. prosecutors flinched.
