Furloughs

By Jon Ortiz - Updated: Thursday, October 22 2009 - 12:10 am

Furlough tussles between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and various interests are keeping the courts and a legion of lawyers busy.

The State Worker: Cash poor, furlough lawsuit rich

By Jon Ortiz - Published: Thursday, September 17 2009 - 12:00 am

Legal fistfights have broken out from Hawaii to Maryland over public employee furloughs, but no place slugs it out like California.

State Worker blog: See which departments are hiring

California's elected state officials absorb Schwarzenegger cuts

By Jon Ortiz - Updated: Wednesday, September 16 2009 - 6:56 am

State agencies run by independently elected officials so far have weathered budget cuts Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger imposed on them this year without furloughs or significant staff cuts.

State courts' furlough day could shield Sacramento County from a labor grievance

By Robert Lewis - Updated: Wednesday, September 16 2009 - 2:43 pm

Three hundred attorneys from the Sacramento County District Attorney's and Public Defender's offices will be staying home today because of the state's budget woes.