1
State officials will present lawmakers with budget-cut proposals this week.
To save money, please bring your own Kleenex.

2
Gov. Bill Richardson schedules summer parties at the mansion.
Open bar?

3
Plaza task force recommends limiting vendors and events on the Plaza.
And encasing it in a glass bubble.

4
Zozobra ticket prices are higher this year.
Burning away an entire year of gloom? Priceless.

5
State task force looks at ways to make the Public Regulation Commission more efficient.
Eliminating it would be a start.