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Police strained, study findsTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:56PMDepartments struggling to maintain patrols, cutting certain units

Study offers advice to policeTuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:52PMThe first Contra Costa-wide analysis of its kind reveals strained policing agencies struggling to keep officers on the street at a time of dwindling dollars and rising retirement and benefit costs.

State union leaders amend bylaws; new vote could alter budget cutsMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:14PMHARTFORD — State employee union leaders voted Monday to amend their coalition’s bylaws in hopes of holding another vote on a labor savings agreement and stopping thousands of layoffs and deep budget cuts.

Cisco to shed 14 percent of workforceMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 5:06PMNetworking equipment maker plans layoffs and sale of factory in Mexico in effort to save $1 billion annually.

Hollywood proposes freezing all worker pensions; voters may have final sayMonday, July 18, 2011 @ 4:56PMIf the city and union representatives can not reach an agreement on pensions by early August, voters will make the decision in a special election in September .