| Arizona Democrats decry GOP bills, say they target jobless | | Wed, Apr 3, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | State Senate Democratic leaders assailed Republican legislators on Monday for pushing bills they say hurt unemployed Arizonans when the Legislature should be helping them.One of the bills they blasted, which will make it harder for jobless residents to get unemployment benefits, was signed last week by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer.House Read More Tags: Arizona, Unemployed, HB 2147, Jan Brewer | - 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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| Editorial: Expanding AHCCCS | | Sun, Jan 27, 2013 | Healthcare | | A major part of President Barack Obama’s controversial health care plan, one that gets relatively little notice, is the expansion of Medicaid. Yet that part of the Affordable Care Act is to provide health care coverage to about half of the 30 million people expected to eventually gain it through Read More Tags: Arizona, Affordable Care Act, Jan Brewer, Medicaid | - Share It!
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| Brewer Endorses Medicaid Expansion Under Health Overhaul | | Tue, Jan 15, 2013 | Healthcare | | Governor Jan Brewer will push to expand Arizona’s Medicaid program after all, she has announced, surprising many who have watched her crusade against that and other key components of President Obama’s health care overhaul.Brewer delivered that news Monday (January 14), going off-script in her state of the state address. Despite Read More Tags: Arizona, 2013 Arizona Legislature, Jan Brewer, Governor | - Share It!
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| Back to basics at Arizona Legislature | | Tue, Jan 15, 2013 | AZ Legislature | | A new state Legislature takes office Monday, with many members intent on focusing on the nuts and bolts of government and showing little patience for the bills that in recent years have made Arizona a punch line for late-night comedy shows. Tags: Arizona, 2013 Arizona Legislature, Jan Brewer, Governor | - Share It!
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| Brewer’s order to end migrant driver licenses ‘contradictory’ | | Wed, Nov 21, 2012 | Immigration | | Gov. Jan Brewer’s executive order denying driver’s licenses and ID cards to undocumented immigrants who obtain work permits through President Barack Obama’s deferred-action program is a significant change in state policy, records obtained by The Arizona Republic show.Over the past eight years, Arizona issued licenses and ID cards nearly 40,000 Read More Tags: Arizona, Governor, Jan Brewer, Arizona licenses & ID Cards | - Share It!
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| -Arizona redistricting panel won't be changed by Brewer | | Wed, Nov 30, 2011 | Redistricting | | Gov. Jan Brewer on Tuesday dashed the hopes of Republican lawmakers, saying she would not call a second special session on redistricting. Tags: Arizona, Jan Brewer, Republicans | - Share It!
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| -Brewer to Ariz. Supreme Court: Redistrict panel cannot file suit | | Tue, Nov 8, 2011 | Redistricting | | Gov. Jan Brewer told the Arizona Supreme Court Monday that the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission lacks the legal authority to file a lawsuit challenging her decision to oust former chairwoman Colleen Mathis. Tags: Arizona, Jan Brewer, Colleen Mathis, Redistricting | - Share It!
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| -Attorneys: Bring back ousted redistricting chairwoman | | Sat, Nov 5, 2011 | Redistricting | | The chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission should be immediately reinstated to her post because Gov. Jan Brewer and the state Senate exceeded their authority when they removed Colleen Mathis earlier this week, commission attorneys told the state Supreme Court Friday.The attorneys asked the court for a stay on Read More Tags: Arizona, Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, Jan Brewer, Colleen Mathis | - Share It!
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| -Brewer's lawsuit over Obama immigration policy dismissed | | Sat, Oct 22, 2011 | Immigration | | A U.S. District Court judge Friday dismissed Gov. Jan Brewer's lawsuit against the federal government over immigration enforcement, saying federal courts lack the authority to overturn higher court rulings or to tell the U.S. government how to do its job. Tags: Arizona, Jan Brewer, Immigration enforcement, U.S. District Court | - Share It!
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