| ICE agrees to negotiations on Pinal jail contract | | Sat, May 18, 2013 | Pinal County | | A contract between Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Pinal County has bled the County dry financially for years, but a meeting Thursday morning could be the first step to putting a stop to the bleeding. Tags: Pinal County, Arizona, Prison Contract, ICE, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, | - Share It!
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| Plan to allow copper mine near Superior clears a congressional hurdle | | Sat, May 18, 2013 | Pinal County | | WASHINGTON - A land swap that would pave the way for the creation of North America’s biggest copper mine near Superior was approved on Wednesday by a key House panel.The bill, backed by former political rivals Reps. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., and Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., passed the House Natural Resources Committee Read More Tags: Pinal County, Arizona, Superior, Copper mining, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, U.S. Rep. Raul Grijalv | - Share It!
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| CAC’s tax rate could increase 34% | | Sat, May 11, 2013 | Pinal County | | Central Arizona College’s proposed 2013-14 budget includes its highest primary tax rate in a decade — a 34 percent increase from this year’s rate.CAC Governing Board members Tuesday agreed to publish the college’s proposed budget that includes the hefty tax increase.Rounded to the nearest cent, the tax rate would increase Read More Tags: Pinal County, Central Arizona Community College, Tax Rate | - Share It!
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| Ariz. lawmakers slow work as big 3 issues remain | | Sun, May 5, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | The Arizona Legislature has gone from the fast track to stuck in the mud as lawmakers have become bogged down by the three key issues: Medicaid, sale taxes and the state budget.The stalemate has moved the public work of the Legislature behind closed doors as leaders try to hash out Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, Medicaid, sale tqaxes, budget | - Share It!
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| New Arizona gun law draws outcry from Democrats | | Wed, May 1, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | Arizona is doing more to protect guns from people than it is to protect its citizens from guns, legislative Democrats said Tuesday as they slammed the Republican-led Legislature and governor for approving a new gun law.Their comments came a day after GOP Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the first Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, HB2455, Gun bill | - Share It!
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| Arizona abortion issue heightens Medicaid standoff | | Wed, May 1, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | Democrats are growing frustrated over Gov. Jan Brewer’s struggle to get her Medicaid-expansion proposal into the Legislature and say efforts to appease reluctant Republican lawmakers with anti-abortion legislation threaten their support.The governor’s team is working to craft abortion legislation under pressure from one of the state’s most powerful lobbying groups, Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, Medicaid Expansion bill | - Share It!
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| Whatever ‘Obamacare’ result, Ariz. wise to take federal funds | | Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | Healthcare | | By J. Fife Symington III My Turn Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:59 AMArizona has come to a critical point of decision regarding health care and the federal government’s deepening occupation of that field. In choosing Arizona’s course, state policy makers must weigh all the circumstances — many beyond their control Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, Congress, Medicaid, J. Fife Symington III | - Share It!
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| A path to citizenship would boost our economy | | Tue, Apr 23, 2013 | Immigration | | By Ruben Gallego Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:51 AMI want to thank our home-state senators, John McCain and Jeff Flake, for their leadership and efforts as part of the "Gang of Eight" who last week introduced a long-awaited comprehensive immigration-reform bill.The bipartisan bill represents a major step toward fixing our Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, Congress, Immigration reform, Ruben Gallego | - Share It!
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| Gubernatorial contender backs immigrants' rights | | Fri, Apr 12, 2013 | Immigration | | Arizona's leading Democratic gubernatorial contender pledged Thursday to usher in a friendlier era toward immigrants in a bid that reflects the state's evolving stance on immigration reform.Fred DuVal, a former Arizona Board of Regents president with deep roots in Democratic Party politics, said he would not continue Republican Gov. Jan Read More Tags: Arizona, Immigration rights, Democrats, Fred DuVal | - Share It!
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| Staying in Babeu’s shadow | | Sat, Apr 6, 2013 | Pinal County | | As a public official, it can be no pleasant thing to be viewed as “anointed.”As having been placed in your elected niche by some vastly more powerful puppeteer. Among other things, it’s demeaning.That has been the fate, unfortunately, of newly elected Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles — a hard-working but Read More Tags: Arizona, Pinal County, Pinal County Attorney, Lando Voyles | - Share It!
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