Jon Ortiz at The State Worker Blog reports that lawyers for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and state Controller John Chiang will be in court this afternoon, battling over whether the governor can order the controller to pay state workers the federal minimum wage if there is no budget by the end of a fiscal year.
On Thursday, Judge Timothy Frawley on Thursday tentatively ruled in favor of the governor.
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