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From the LA Times:

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Budget Deal Ends Weeks of Stalemate
The $103-billion state plan calls for no new taxes, few spending cuts and more borrowing. Some payments were about to be withheld.
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Prison Guards' Contract Amendments Under Fire
Critics say the new provisions will result in a loss of management control.
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From the Daily News:

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Budget finally in hand
SACRAMENTO -- Ending a 26-day impasse, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders shook hands Monday on a $103 billion state budget that closes a $15 billion deficit without raising taxes, but still protects spending for health and welfare services for the poor.
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Kin sues LAPD in death of man after his arrest
Family members of an Atwater Village man who died after being taken into police custody filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Monday against the LAPD claiming wrongful death, negligence and battery.
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Union eyes City Council aides
A Los Angeles city employees union, already beset by the defection of some members to another union, now is attempting to wrap its arms around a high-profile class of city employees: aides to City Council members.
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More oversight needed for MTA projects
A state audit of MTA's legal costs, which tripled after subway construction a decade ago, says the transit agency should use better oversight to keep expenditures in check.
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Driver, damaged Altima sought in hit-run death
The California Highway Patrol asked Monday for the public's help in finding the driver who killed Valencia resident Brian Westfall and severely injured his passenger, Adam Lokey of Canyon Country, on Friday night in Sylmar.
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Phone tipster points deputies to body
Homicide detectives are investigating the discovery of a male human body buried in a shallow grave near two abandoned houses within sight of Fox Field.
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Prison guard contract fails to please
SACRAMENTO -- State senators assailed a revised state prison guard contract Monday as fatally flawed and said it would set a precedent preventing lawmakers from refusing to fund the pact in the future.
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Canyon and forest plans up for debate
SANTA CLARITA -- As U.S. Forest Service officials approach the deadline to consider land-use plans for the Angeles National Forest, city officials hope residents will get the word out to help preserve the Whitney, Placerita and Elsmere canyons as designated riparian wetlands.
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