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Mayor Adrian M. Fenty pushed ahead yesterday in his bid to award a $120 million D.C. Lottery contract to a start-up firm, asking the D.C. Council to reconsider his controversial proposal, a day after the legislative body moved to block it.

Mayor Adrian M. Fenty pushed ahead yesterday in his bid to award a $120 million D.C. Lottery contract to a start-up firm, asking the D.C. Council to reconsider his controversial proposal, a day after the legislative body moved to block it.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is hoping to raise $15 billion to jump-start a rainy day budget reserve by borrowing against future state lottery revenue, although administration officials bristle at the notion that the plan amounts to borrowing.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state programs.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state programs. The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins in July is austere, a byproduct of a slowing state economy.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed borrowing on future lottery sales to eliminate a massive deficit in the state’s spending plan and avoid unpopular cuts to the school system, state parks and prisons. The $144.3 billion budget plan for the…

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday proposed borrowing on future lottery sales to eliminate a massive deficit in the state’s spending plan and avoid unpopular cuts to the school system, state parks and prisons.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger unveiled on Wednesday a revised $144.35 billion budget plan for the state’s next fiscal year that proposes using state lottery revenues to back bonds whose proceeds would help close a $17.2 billion shortfall and build a rainy-day reserve.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday released a $144.3 billion state budget that eliminates a massive deficit by selling lottery bonds and cutting billions in state programs. The spending plan for the fiscal year that begins in July is austere, a byproduct…

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Wednesday will propose a plan to close the state’s $15.2 billion deficit by borrowing against future state lottery revenue and making cuts to many state programs.