Recent Examples on the WebPrecipitation totals on rainy days were light, with the highest on record at only one-tenth of an inch.—Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 26 May 2024 Connecticut’s emergency budget reserve, commonly known as the rainy day fund, holds a record-setting $3.3 billion, equal to 15% of General Fund expenses.—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 18 Apr. 2024 The date was chosen because the weather is generally good, though early sunshine on Saturday gave way to a blustery, rainy day in London.—Jill Lawless The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 16 June 2024 And the $750 million would be used to expand the state’s record-setting $3.3 billion rainy day fund and to pay down pension debt.—Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 2 Apr. 2024 From rainy days in London to formal nights on cruise ships, this bag is coming with me everywhere.—Patrice J. Williams, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Mar. 2024 The governor’s proposal takes $12.2 billion from the state’s rainy day reserves to help cover the shortfall over the next two years and reduces funding to address climate change, provide broadband internet and increase subsidized child care, among dozens of other cuts.—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2024 This was despite Proposition 58, an initiative voters approved in 2004 and backed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, which required the state to regularly transfer money into the rainy day fund.—Louis Freedberg, The Mercury News, 30 May 2024 Moore proposed temporarily restoring some of the cuts for this year by pulling $150 million from the state’s rainy day fund.—Sam Janesch, Baltimore Sun, 15 Mar. 2024
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