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San Francisco Chronicle, 08.12.08 15:32 UTC

Legislature meets to deal with budget mess

(12-08) 04:00 PST Sacramento -- California lawmakers will convene today in a rare joint legislative session to tackle an $11.2 billion budget deficit, a fiscal mess that many warn has to be solved ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 10.11.08 16:02 UTC

Quick fix for state budget problems a long shot

(11-10) 04:00 PST Sacramento -- Don't bet on Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Legislature solving California's budget mess in a special legislative session this month, even if their failure to act ...

USA Today, 31.10.08 04:40 UTC

Local tax increase proposals not an easy sale these days

CHICAGO — Economic anxiety could doom some of the hundreds of local tax increase proposals on the Nov. 4th ballot, supporters say.

San Francisco Chronicle, 16.09.08 04:02 UTC

State budget deal? Not so fast ...

(09-15) 20:22 PDT Sacramento - -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger threatened today to veto a state budget brokered by legislative leaders, arguing that fiscal reforms in the compromise spending plan do ...

San Francisco Chronicle, 15.09.08 15:03 UTC

Legislators reach accord on state budget

(09-15) 04:00 PDT Sacramento -- Legislative leaders reached a spending compromise Sunday, potentially ending a record-breaking budget impasse with a plan that includes no new taxes or borrowing, but ...

Belfast Telegraph, 08.09.08 17:08 UTC

Burglar wakes men with spice rub then attacks with sausage

US police are baffled after arresting a man they believe broke into a house and carried out a bizarre food-based attack in Fresno County, California. The man reportedly broke into the home of two ...

Los Angeles Times, 08.09.08 05:31 UTC

Allow a majority budget vote

The delay in passing a state fiscal plan is not the fault of Republicans or Democrats but of the state's supermajority rule.

CNN Top Stories, 08.09.08 01:00 UTC

Officials: Burglar whacks man with sausage

FRESNO, California (AP) -- Authorities say they've arrested a man who broke into the home of two California farmworkers, stole money, rubbed one with spices and whacked the other with a sausage before fleeing.