Lawmakers consider seeking exemption from stimulus requirements 
Standing between lawmakers and millions of dollars in budget cuts to education are three letters - M-O-E. Since Arizona started drawing federal stimulus funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, some lawmakers have decried the maintenance-of-effort, or MOE, requirements for portions of the money.
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Freedom paid out $3.7M in bonuses to top executives
Most Freedom Communications employees probably have never heard of the company’s MBO bonus program, but the higher-ups know all about it. The program paid out more than $3.7 million to Freedom’s top executives during the past [...]
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Martin says Goddard is throwing ‘legal temper tantrum’
The Attorney General's Office may not be providing many legal services to the Treasurer's Office anymore, and state Treasurer Dean Martin had some sharp words for Attorney General Terry Goddard over the dispute. "He said he's not our attorney anymore," Martin said. "It's like a legal temper tantrum."
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Counting votes
Without Democratic support, Senate Republicans will be counting on every GOP vote they can muster. Sen. Barbara Leff is out of town and Sen. Ron Gould is a "no." That means Senate leadership will need the vote of everyone else in the caucus...
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UpClose with David Cavazos
New Phoenix city manager’s lessons from the past, plans for future.
CAPITOL TIMES ON THE AIR
Horizon Legislative Update 11/6
Reporter Jeremy Duda talks about the 2010 governor’s race, Brewer’s new chief of staff and more.
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The short-lived Papago Saguaro National Monument
One of only 3 national monuments turned back to local control.
