Legislators Need Fix for Budget Crisis

PHOENIX (AP) - Four months after starting their 2008 regular session back in January, Arizona legislators will return from the holiday weekend with plenty of work still on their plate.

Topping the to-do list: a new state budget, one that somehow erases $2 billion in red ink projected for what could be a $10 billion spending plan for the 2008-09 fiscal year that begins July 1.

Other topics awaiting action include meaty proposals on guest workers, child protection, gay marriage, drunken driving and a proposed rock 'n' roll theme park.