Schwarzenegger Unveils $112 Billion Calif. Budget
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SACRAMENTO, Calif.  - California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Monday proposed a $112 billion state budget  for the coming fiscal year that limits spending and avoids tax  hikes to plug a shortfall of over $9 billion.
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California moved significantly closer to enacting a broad expansion of health insurance coverage on Monday when the Democratic-controlled Assembly passed legislation that has the backing of the Republican governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger, who has repeatedly called for fiscal discipline  to heal the state budget, endorsed a ballot measure on Monday  that would spend up to $6 billion in state money on stem cell  research.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger laughs during a visit to an after-school program site at PS 129 in New York&#39;s Harlem neighborhood in this Wednesday, Sept.
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Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed bills Saturday that would have raised the minimum wage to &#36;7.75 an hour, made Wal-Mart-like megastores more difficult to build and limited schools' ability to give students random drug tests.
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) is expected to propose spending more than $40 million today to begin overhauling the state's mental health system, which has come under intense scrutiny since 32 people were killed this year at Virginia Tech by a gunman with a history of psychiatric problems, according to...
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger has signed a bill to punish price gouging for  hotel rooms and vital goods after fires and earthquakes in the  disaster-prone state, an aide said on Tuesday.
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger has thrown his support behind a massive Indian  casino to be built near San Francisco that could raise up to  $125 million in annual taxes to fill the state's looming budget  hole, a source close to their talks said on Wednesday.
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With the election behind them, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state lawmakers say the time is ripe for the first major overhaul of the system since the 1970s.
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Governor Deval Patrick's proposal to inject $1 billion into medical research and biotechnology is a complex plan whose details have yet to be worked out, and it depends on the Legislature's willingness to fund it over a decade. But his strategy could also be more flexible and cost effective than competing plans in California and other states, according to policy ...
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California Gov. Arnold  Schwarzenegger on Monday nominated a leading financial backer  and campaigner for the state's stem cell initiative to chair a  committee to oversee the $3 billion, 10-year research effort.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger broke with Republican party ranks and endorsed a $3 billion stem cell research project. Proposition 71, the proposal to invest billions in
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The California Assembly on   Thursday approved a bill to boost the minimum wage to $8 an   hour, the highest level in the nation, and sent it to Gov.   Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk for signing.
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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who has repeatedly called for fiscal discipline to heal the state budget, endorsed a ballot measure on Monday that would spend
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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 billion deficit by borrowing money and holding the line on spending growth throughout state government.
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The president's 2009 budget provides money for six new NASA satellites to watch Earth's changes, costing at least $910 million over the next five years
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California Treasurer Bill Lockyer on Friday urged lawmakers to find long-term solutions to balance the state budget, which could have a $14 billion deficit, about $4 billion more than expected last month.