This morning's annual State of the State address by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger was not traditional, as he said in his opening statement. He focused in on the 42 billion dollar deficit that he called "a rock upon our chest." more ›

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger may be out of state vacationing, but his people proposed yet another solution--their fourth--to the state budget problem, expected to reach a $40 billion deficit if nothing is done in upcoming months. Today's proposal combines a previous ones with more new ideas, the Sacramento Bee finds: more ›