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Arnold Schwarzenegger stories: 156 news summaries

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(Newser) - A federal appeals court ruled today that violent video games can be sold to minors in California, GameSpot reports. Upholding a lower court's decision, the judges struck down a state law that sought to ban the sale of violent games to those under 18. The law violated free speech rights,... More »

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free speech • Arnold Schwarzenegger • First Amendment • video violence • video games

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 California OKs 
 Long-Delayed Budget 

Dems make big last-minute concessions

Feb 19, 09 9:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The California Assembly quickly stamped its approval on a state budget passed by the Senate early this morning, ending a 3-month budget deadlock. The final Republican vote needed to pass the bill came with steep concessions, though billions of dollars in tax hikes and program cuts remain intact, the Los ... More »

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California • Republican • Arnold Schwarzenegger • state senate • state budgets • budget crisis

GOP Guvs Break With Party on Obama Stimulus

Desperate for cash, they embrace measure DC counterparts spurn

Feb 17, 09 9:03 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s relationship with DC Republicans is on the rocks, but he couldn’t be getting along better with GOP governors, reports the New York Times. Why? Follow the money. Struggling to balance their budgets, the governors don’t care which party help comes from. “The essence of... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Vermont • Pennsylvania • Connecticut • Ed Rendell • Charlie Crist • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • National Governors Association • state budgets • Jim Douglas • Jodi Rell

 Calif. Can't Settle Budget; 
 Guv Will Begin 20K Layoffs 

Remaining state public-works projects to be stopped

Feb 17, 09 6:37 AM CST
(Newser) - California’s legislature couldn’t agree on a budget by the time it adjourned last night, so even as legislators trudge back to negotiate this morning, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will begin proceedings to lay off 20,000 government workers and halt the 275 state-funded public works projects still in action,... More »

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California • California legislature • layoffs • Arnold Schwarzenegger • budget dispute • state senate • public works • state budgets

In Bid to Be Calif. Guv, Whitman Still Figuring It Out

Ex-eBay chief positions just to the right of Arnold

Feb 11, 09 1:22 PM CST
(Newser) - Former eBay chief Meg Whitman is officially running for governor of California, but she still has some details to work out, reports the LA Times. She’s studied up on issues, but isn’t yet a master of political positioning (on hot-topic school vouchers: “I don't know the answer... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Meg Whitman • governor • Pete Wilson • Election 2010

Calif. State Workers Take Forced Day Off

200K at DMV, other agencies stay home amid budget crunch

Feb 6, 09 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Californians looking to renew a driver’s license today will be disappointed, as 200,000 state employees take their first forced day off. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says the two mandatory unpaid vacation days per month—a 9% pay cut—is a budget necessity. But many Californians are confused about which... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • financial crisis • state budgets • day off • furlough

(Newser) - Barack Obama announced a drastic change in the nation’s energy policy today, beginning with an executive order allowing states to raise their fuel efficiency standards. "America will not be held hostage to dwindling resources,” Obama said. “Today I announce the first steps on our journey to... More »

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Barack Obama • energy • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • fuel efficiency • energy independence • energy policy • Obama administration • President Obama

Cash-Squeezed Calif. to Close Offices Twice a Month

Labor unions file suit opposing cost-saving move

Jan 10, 09 10:32 AM CST
(Newser) - In another creative and/or desperate budgeting move from the Governator, California state offices will close 2 days a month, the Wall Street Journal reports. The state is low on cash and facing a budget deficit expected to swell to $42 billion deficit over the next 18 months. The days off,... More »

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California • cost cutting • Arnold Schwarzenegger • lawsuit • office • labor unions • budget deficit • closing

(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger has proposed cutting a week out of the public school calendar, the latest desperate measure in California's struggle with a $41 billion budget shortfall. The Governator says the $1.1 billion savings will ward off other cuts to education, which makes up 40% of the state budget. Schools... More »

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education • California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • tax refunds • budget gap • taxpayers • public funding • financial crisis • economic downturn

Calif. Budget Gap Could Mean IOUs, Not Tax Refunds

Facing $42B deficit, Schwarzenegger, state Dems continue to wrangle

Jan 7, 09 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Faced with a mounting budget gap and failed negotiations toward a solution, California may have to send out promissory notes to taxpayers owed refunds and local governments, the Los Angeles Times reports. Talks between Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Democratic legislature foundered yesterday; lawmakers sent the governor a disputed package... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • tax refunds • budget gap • taxpayers • financial crisis • economic downturn • promissory note • IOU • creditor

 Whitman 
 Gears Up 
 to Run for 
 Governator 

Former eBay CEO clears way to run in California

Jan 6, 09 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Meg Whitman has her eyes on Arnold Schwarzenegger’s job, sources tell the San Jose Mercury News. The former eBay CEO has resigned from all three corporate boards she serves on—including eBay’s—a clear sign that she’s interested in running for California governor in 2010, when... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Meg Whitman • governor • gubernatorial races

California Workers Sue Governator

Unions challenge furloughs as state
runs out of cash

Dec 23, 08 9:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Unions representing California state employees are suing Arnold Schwarzenegger over his attempt to force them to take unpaid time off, the Los Angeles Times reports. Schwarzenegger issued an executive order last week ordering all employees to take two unpaid days off each month, in an effort to corral the... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • budget • financial crisis • state budgets

Cash-Squeezed States Warn
of Collapsing Infrastructure

Fed stimulus eyed as municipal bonds wither

Dec 23, 08 6:57 AM CST
(Newser) - Thousands of infrastructure projects across the country are on hold as states wrestle with budget crises, the New York Times reports. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned yesterday that California was “on a track toward disaster" as school, bridge, and road construction projects ceased, the victims of the credit squeeze and... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • US states • infrastructure • bond • municipal bonds • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • state budgets

Calif. Adopts 1st US Plan to Slash Greenhouse Gases

Plan to reduce carbon emissions by 15%

Dec 12, 08 3:03 AM CST
(Newser) - California regulators have adopted an ambitious, comprehensive blueprint to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15% by 2020, reports the Los Angeles Times. The plan, the first of its kind in the nation, calls for 33% of the state's electric power to come from solar power and wind farms, and includes... More »

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climate change • California • greenhouse gases • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • green technology • solar power • carbon emissions • wind farms • Air Resources Board

Guvs to Obama: Public Works Projects Will Take Time

Programs may take a while to start

Dec 3, 08 1:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama’s plan to throw hundreds of billions of dollars into state infrastructure projects may not be as effective as he imagines in stimulating the economy, some state officials say. Yesterday, governors told the president-elect that they had $136 billion in projects ready to go, but the National Governors... More »

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Barack Obama • Arnold Schwarzenegger • infrastructure • economic stimulus package • financial crisis • National Governors Association • President Obama

 Hollywood Remaking 
 Sci-Fi Classics 

New takes on Ghostbusters, Terminator among flicks already in production

Nov 27, 08 4:32 PM CST
(Newser) - Hollywood is looking backward with an eye on the future, reports the Los Angeles Times. Plans to launch remakes of 12 sci-fi flicks from the last millennium are already under way:
  • When Worlds Collide, an update of the apocalyptic 1951 film, will hit theaters next year with Steven Spielberg
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Hollywood • Steven Spielberg • Arnold Schwarzenegger • list • Christian Bale • science fiction • Seth Rogen • movie remakes • Ghostbusters

Obama Vows to 'Engage Vigorously' in Climate Fight

President-elect surprises conference with video message

Nov 18, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - In an unexpected video appearance today at a conference on climate change, President-elect Barack Obama promised to fight global warming, saying the stakes are too high to continue delaying action and denying global warming. He vowed to usher in a “new era of global cooperation” come January and says... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • environment • United Nations • global warming • Arnold Schwarzenegger • international relations • President Obama

Maria Shriver: Why I'm a
'Cafeteria Catholic'

'Good standing' Catholic opposes church positions on gays, divorce and choice

Nov 16, 08 8:51 AM CST
(Newser) - California First Lady Maria Shriver likes the "compassion and justice of Jesus Christ" advanced by her Catholic religion, but can't abide the church's positions on gays, divorce and a woman's right to choose whether or not to have an abortion, she reveals in a Washington Post interview. "I'm... More »

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abortion • California • gay marriage • divorce • Catholic Church • Arnold Schwarzenegger • communion • Maria Shriver • gays • Roman Catholic Church

ANALYSIS

 Sun Is Setting on 
 Once-Golden Calif. 

State's progressive approach, and status as beacon for rest of US, falls prey to politics

Nov 12, 08 7:54 PM CST
(Newser) - California may have once been the land of literal and figurative gold, but recent policies have placed it in an unenviable position, Joel Kotkin writes for the American. The state people once flocked to is now hemorrhaging citizens, he writes, and a myopic focus on environmental issues, and the death... More »

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California • Arnold Schwarzenegger • partisanship • Gavin Newsom • Jerry Brown • housing crisis • green revolution • financial crisis • economic policies

Schwarzenegger Says Married Gays Will
Stay Wed

Calif. guv encourages protesters to continue

Nov 10, 08 9:17 AM CST
(Newser) - Arnold Schwarzenegger gave his strongest support yet to gays and lesbians in California yesterday, saying that currently married same-sex couples would remain legally wed and that he hoped the courts would overturn Proposition 8. The ballot initiative, which amended California's constitution to define marriage as explicitly heterosexual, has left the... More »

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gay rights • California • gay marriage • Arnold Schwarzenegger • Rick Warren • Proposition 8

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