LOS ANGELES-Lawmakers and others try to put the proposed huge increase in electricity rates in the best possible light. Some even claim the increase of more than 40% will help, not hurt, the state's economy.

PORTLAND-An avid Harley enthusiast, Prentice first joined the Portland Development Commission as a project coordinator in 1988. He left in 1993 to run his own land use planning and redevelopment business, and returned in 1996 to be a senior development manager.

ST. PAUL, MN-The city would spend $2.4 million to move the house into the nearby Irvine Park neighborhood to make way for transit hub, parking structure and possibly a new ballpark for the Minnesota Twins.