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		<title>Antenori absent; Senate postpones voting on final two budget bills</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/15/antenori-absent-senate-postpones-voting-on-final-two-budget-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate gaveled in and out of special session today without any action on two budget measures that senators skipped voting on last week.]]></description>
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		<title>Contingency: Vote for tax hike, or here&#8217;s what gets cut&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:20:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The budget that was mostly approved by lawmakers on March 11 will cut $1.2 billion in state spending, but it includes a contingency plan that will reduce spending by almost double that amount if voters reject a sales tax increase that will be on the ballot May 18. ]]></description>
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		<title>Goddard submits 5s, signatures for governor’s race</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/14/goddard-submits-5s-signatures-for-governor%e2%80%99s-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 23:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Attorney General Terry Goddard on March 12 submitted the signatures and $5 contributions needed to qualify as a Clean Elections candidate for the 2010 governor’s race.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate fumbles, fails to pass two budget measures&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/senate-fumbles-fails-to-pass-two-budget-measures/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/senate-fumbles-fails-to-pass-two-budget-measures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Legislature passed 13 of the measures aimed at solving the state’s deficit in fiscal years 2010 and 2011, but Senate Republican leaders failed to muster the votes for the two remaining measures that would save the state about $350 million.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 4 of special session: House passes all 15 measures</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/day-4-tracking-the-special-session-2/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/day-4-tracking-the-special-session-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:20:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House passed all 15 budget measures in the special session. The Senate, however, was unable to pass two of the bills. ]]></description>
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		<title>New deal would save Juvenile Corrections for now&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/10/new-deal-would-save-juvenile-corrections-for-now/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/10/new-deal-would-save-juvenile-corrections-for-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Republican leaders and Gov. Jan Brewer have struck a deal that will allow the Department of Juvenile Corrections to remain in place for the next year instead of shuttering the agency and shifting responsibility to counties.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 3: Tracking the special session&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/10/day-3-tracking-the-special-session-2/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/10/day-3-tracking-the-special-session-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The special session continues today as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal on a budget plan that would eliminate the $700 million deficit remaining in the fiscal 2010 budget and another $2.6 billion deficit in the fiscal 2011 budget. Lawmakers hope to vote on the bills today.]]></description>
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		<title>Burns’ debt measure approved by committee</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/burns%e2%80%99-debt-measure-approved-by-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/burns%e2%80%99-debt-measure-approved-by-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:32:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate President Bob Burns' plan to rehabilitate the state from its addiction to borrowing has been approved at the committee level.]]></description>
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		<title>Day 2: Tracking the special session&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/day-2-tracking-the-special-session-2/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/day-2-tracking-the-special-session-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:04:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The special session continues today as lawmakers try to hammer out a deal on a budget plan that would eliminate the $700 million deficit remaining in the fiscal 2010 budget and another $2.6 billion deficit in the fiscal 2011 budget. <a href="http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/day-2-tracking-the-special-session-2/"><strong>Click here for updates.</strong></a>]]></description>
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		<title>McCain, Kyl oppose Arizona sales-tax hike</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/mccain-kyl-oppose-arizona-sales-tax-hike/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/mccain-kyl-oppose-arizona-sales-tax-hike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl say they oppose Arizona's plan of a short-term sales-tax hike as a way to deal with the state's budget crisis.]]></description>
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