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SACRAMENTO (AP) - The new contract between the Schwarzenegger administration and the prison guards' union and the invasion of the West Nile virus are on legislative agendas this week. So is the state budget - still. The state's new fiscal year reaches its 26th day Monday, but partisan disputes over local government funding, contracting out of school jobs and labor code lawsuits have prevented passage of a new state budget. The delay is preventing some legislators from attending the Democratic convention this week in Boston. Here's what else is going on this week at the capital: BALLOT BATTLE: The 3rd...