Here's one more thing the Legislature's two houses can't agree on: Veterans Day. The Assembly celebrated the holiday on Wednesday, recognizing the Nov. 11 date set 90 years ago to honor the end of World War I that was later expanded to applaud all veterans. By contrast, the Senate will take Friday off, giving staff members a three-day weekend.
"I'm all for that, baby."
MARIA SHRIVER, California's first lady, agreeing to feed comedian Stephen Colbert a spoonful of the ice cream she is promoting to benefit the Special Olympics.
Maria Shriver
California's budget crisis not only is getting worse, it may be infecting other states. The Pew Center on the States, a Washington, D.C.-based policy think tank, says Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island and Wisconsin are facing "some of the same pressures that have pushed California toward economic disaster," adding that they also could see furloughs of public employees, severe cuts in education and reductions in the social welfare safety net.
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