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		<title>Napolitano puts brakes on virtual fence funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said March 16 that she will freeze funds for expanding the virtual fence that originally was supposed to monitor most of the 2,000-mile southern U.S. border by 2011 but now covers only a portion of Arizona's boundary with Mexico.]]></description>
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		<title>First Things First takes hit in final act of special session</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona lawmakers wrapped up their seventh special session March 16 but not before stripping a voter-approved program aimed at expanding education and health services for children.]]></description>
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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 March 15 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>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/14/contingency-vote-for-tax-hike-or-heres-what-gets-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/14/contingency-vote-for-tax-hike-or-heres-what-gets-cut/#comments</comments>
		<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>Big Spenders: Lobbying costs rise as revenues drop&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/big-spenders-lobbying-costs-rise-as-revenues-drop/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/big-spenders-lobbying-costs-rise-as-revenues-drop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:06:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Local governments in Arizona fought off budget crises last year by reducing services, raising taxes and, in many cases, spending more money on lobbying services.]]></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>AZ trust fund for jobless benefits running dry</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/az-trust-fund-for-jobless-benefits-running-dry/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/az-trust-fund-for-jobless-benefits-running-dry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state trust fund that pays for jobless benefits is expected to run dry this week. That will force Arizona to borrow money from the federal government until unemployment subsides.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Budget cuts will increase boating dangers</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/officials-budget-cuts-will-increase-boating-dangers/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/officials-budget-cuts-will-increase-boating-dangers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest plan to address the state's budget deficit would sweep a fund that helps law enforcement patrol Arizona's waterways, something that two local officials say would endanger boaters.]]></description>
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