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The San Diego Unified School Board has pinpointed roughly $22 million-worth of mid-year budget cuts in anticipation of what lawmakers might decide in Sacramento. KPBS Reporter Ana Tintocalis has more.

President Bush on Friday unveiled a long-awaited plan to bail out the struggling auto industry to avoid bankruptcy and massive layoffs that could deepen the nation's recession, offering carmakers $17.4 billion in short-term financing.

GOP state lawmakers are calling for cuts to schools and social services to help soak up the red ink in Sacramento. Republicans unveiled a long-awaited budget proposal Monday.

For the first time in 30 years, Alaska will be represented in the Senate by a Democrat. Mark Begich defeated longtime Sen. Ted Stevens in a close race, and he is promising to reform Alaska's infamous pork-barrel politics.

The National Bureau of Economic Research says the U.S. economy has been in recession since December 2007. Many economists believe the current downturn will last until the middle of 2009, and will be the most severe slump since the 1981-82 recession.

An earmark linked to lobbyist Jack Abramoff threatens the political career of Montana Sen. Conrad Burns. Burns helped steer money to a wealthy tribe from Michigan that employed Abramoff. At the same, the impoverished Blackfeet tribe of Montana says the senator ignored its plight.

Passing Prop 1A: A light rail with a heavy load

Only one in three people in San Diego County who qualify for food stamps actually receives them. The county has the lowest participation rate in the country, according to a report by a non-profit group in Washington, D.C. The Food Research and Action Center looked at food stamp participation in 24 urban centers in the country. Joanne Faryon has more.

Scott Simon talks with NPR's Juan Williams about how the candidates performed last night and how they prepped for the debate.

John McCain and Barack Obama skirmished over issues ranging from the nation's fiscal crisis to its foreign threats in their first nationally televised debate. The two senators pressed their basic themes: McCain stressed his experience, while Obama claimed his was the broader vision.