| 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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| Two Reports Question Brewer's Plan: Sales tax overhaul could hurt general fund | | Mon, Mar 18, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | PHOENIX — Two new reports have raised more questions about Gov. Jan Brewer’s contentious effort to overhaul the state’s complex sales tax collection system, both raising the prospect the state’s general fund could take a big hit to revenues if it is enacted. Tags: Arizona, Arizona Legislature, Tax overhaul, Jan Brewer | - Share It!
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| Gov. Brewer's $8.9 billion budget adds funds for CPS, K-12 | | Sat, Jan 19, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | Gov. Jan Brewer presented an $8.9 billion spending plan on Friday for the coming budget year, loosening the state’s purse strings to fund her priorities of education and child safety.The budget follows through on the themes the Republican governor outlined Monday in her State of the State address and is Read More Tags: Arizona, 2013 Arizona Legislature, 2014 Budget | - Share It!
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| Campbell announces details of Safer Schools, Safer Communities Plan | | Sat, Jan 19, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX – House Minority Leader Chad Campbell, D-Phoenix (District 24), said that the best way to curb gun violence in schools and in communities is to face the problem head on.“We have to have an honest discussion about gun violence,” Campbell said. “The only way to effectively change Read More Tags: Arizona, 2013 Arizona Legislature, Gun Violence, Gun control measures, Chad Campbell | - Share It!
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| Gun-control debates of past show political risks | | Fri, Jan 18, 2013 | Security | | One of the driving forces behind the last federal ban on “assault weapons” and high-capacity magazines believes President Barack Obama and gun-control allies have a chance at getting an updated version passed in the wake of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre in Newtown, Conn.Former Sen. Dennis DeConcini, D-Ariz., acknowledged Read More Tags: Arizona, 2013 Arizona Legislature, Gun Violence, Gun control measures | - Share It!
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