Capitol Bureau Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle
Capitol Bureau reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
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Governor's Budget Plan Threatens Stimulus Funds Robert Reich, former President Clinton's Secretary of Labor, says "states are actively erasing half of the federal stimulus" by reducing services. Governor Schwarzenegger's plan to fix the budget may put $10 billion at risk. That's according to Matthew Yi, who reports from Sacramento for the San Francisco Chronicle .
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Governor Gives His Side of the Story on the Budget Stand-off Yesterday, the Democrats who lead the state Assembly and Senate said they'd given up on budget negotiations with Governor Schwarzenegger. They said every time they made a concession he'd move the goal posts and demand something new. Today, the Governor told his side of the story , as Matthew Yi reports from Sacramento for the San Francisco Chronicle .
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Schwarzenegger Drops State Employee Pay, Fires 22,000 Temps The Department of Motor Vehicles has cut waiting times in half by hiring part-time workers. Today, Governor Schwarzenegger ordered those workers laid off . He also ordered that some 200,000 full-time salaried state workers be cut back to the federal minimum wage. As he did on this program last week, Controller John Chiang says he'll defy the Governor and send out checks as usual at the end of August.
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