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    Which Way, L.A.?

    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.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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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    Public Services, Public Finance and Partisan Politics
    1. 0:00Schwarzenegger Drops State Employee Pay, Fires 22,000 TempsYou’re reading this
    2. 0:00The Continuing Saga of the State Budget
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