Reporter, San Jose Mercury-News
Reporter covering the state capitol for the San Jose Mercury-News
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Denis Theriault
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FROM Denis Theriault
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Four State Unions Make Pension Concessions State firefighters and Highway Patrol officers have agreed to Governor Schwarzenegger’s call for pension reforms that would save the state some $72 million a year. He calls it a major breakthrough, but $72 million is a tiny fraction of the state’s $19 billion shortfall. Denis Theriault reports from Sacramento for the San Jose Mercury-News .
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