California's budget mess is back
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Arnold Schwarzenegger stormed into office during California's last budget crisis, promising to "end the crazy deficit spending" so the state would never go over the financial cliff again. But four years later, California is back in the same spot.
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By John Simerman, Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Sep.
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Democrats say they are making the best of a bad situation as they bring to the House floor a massive bill cobbling together $463.5 billion in unfinished budget business.
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Like a prizefighter wobbling on the ropes, the Bay State Games were in serious danger of a knockout blow earlier this summer when Governor Mitt Romney vetoed a portion of the 2005 state budget that included $200,000 for the competition.
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A guide to the new Bush budget's winners and losers
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By Samantha Young, Associated Press  SACRAMENTO -- In 1980, as California was recovering from its longest drought since the Depression, state lawmakers thought they had found a solution to weather future water shortages.
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A year ago, newly elected Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger faced a huge budget deficit, an unfriendly Legislature and uncertainty about his administration's direction.
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Lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Saturday in a mad dash to finish up their legislative business for the year.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger as expected vetoed bills on Saturday that would  have raised the state's hourly minimum wage and forced  retailers like Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to pay for economic impact  reports on planned superstores.
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There have been times this season when Southern California has been labeled sluggish and unimpressive.
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By The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Sep. 18--A familiar and often jarring sound -- the clanking and grinding  of garbage trucks -- will make a welcome comeback this morning as Sacramento  County sanitation workers return to their jobs after a two-week strike.
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California could be saving millions on prisons. Don't worry. We're not talking about releasing carjackers early.
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The Franchise Tax Board has started its annual sweep of California taxpayers who file returns as a head of household, but may not be one.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Monday unveiled a proposed budget of $111.7  billion for the fiscal year, beginning in July.
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LOS ANGELES - A powerful Pacific unleashed havoc in parts of California again Tuesday, flooding homes, freeways and desert roads and triggering a rockslide that blocked Highway 1 on the Central Coast.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled a &#36;111.7 billion no-new-taxes budget Monday and proposed to close an &#36;8.1 deficit by borrowing money and holding the line on spending growth throughout state government.
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California's governor wants to reform the way Congressional districts are drawn. Does he have a good idea?