By DANIEL WEINTRAUB, Sacramento Bee

Governor can't do much to help California's economy

With California's economy slowing, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has pledged to accelerate state spending on public-works projects to try to stimulate employment. That's fine, but it's unlikely to have much effect in the year ahead.

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California governor's idea would help tame deficits

For at least a generation, California's government has been plagued by a feast-or-famine tax system that produces huge revenue windfalls in good times and then flattens in bad times.

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Californians might not believe budget threats are real

After years of portraying a growing California budget as pinched because it wasn't growing as fast as they would have liked, the Democrats who control the Legislature now have a problem. They need to find a way to persuade Californians that this time, services they value really are threatened by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed spending plan.

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Complex health reform built upon two simple ideas

The health-care bill crafted by California Gov.

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Californians wary, but still pleased with governor

Californians are in a foul mood as the new year approaches, increasingly worried about the state of the economy, the housing market and immigration.

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Ship pilot, board deserve more scrutiny for spill

Ever since the cargo ship Cosco Busan sideswiped the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge last month, spilling 58,000 gallons of fuel oil into the bay, members of Congress and state legislators have be

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