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		<title>Martin says Goddard is throwing ‘legal temper tantrum’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/20/martin-says-goddard-is-throwing-%e2%80%98legal-temper-tantrum%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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."]]></description>
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		<title>The Pulse: Maybe rules were meant to be broken&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Scarpinato</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Looks like Republicans and Democrats in the state Senate are ignoring their own rules again.

Gov. Jan Brewer recently made a rare visit to a Republican caucus meeting, prompting the GOP to kick out spectators and seal the doors - an apparent violation of Senate rules.]]></description>
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		<title>Lawmakers consider seeking exemption from stimulus requirements &#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/20/lawmakers-consider-seeking-exemption-from-stimulus-requirements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[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.]]></description>
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		<title>Former veterans agency chief indicted for fraud, conflict, misuse of funds&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/19/former-veterans-agency-chief-indicted-for-fraud-conflict-misuse-of-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Palmer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced on Nov. 19 that a former director of the Arizona Department of Veterans' Services has been indicted on eight felony charges, including counts of conflict of interest, fraud and misuse of public money.]]></description>
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		<title>Budget bill fails in Senate; Verschoor AWOL&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/19/budget-fix-hits-snag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:55:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Senate has hit a major snag and has failed to pass the main budget measure that is part of a package that partially fixes a $2-billion deficit, and it has adjourned until Nov. 23.

The bill went down by a vote of 14-13.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray voted "no" so he could bring the vote up for reconsideration later.

All the Democrats voted "no" on the bill. So did Sen. Ron Gould, a Lake Havasu Republican.]]></description>
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		<title>State borrows $700M; first external loan since Great Depression&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/19/state-borrows-700m-first-external-loan-since-great-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/19/state-borrows-700m-first-external-loan-since-great-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The State Loan Commission has approved a $700 million line of credit from Bank of America, marking the first external borrowing the state has done since the Great Depression.

State Treasurer Dean Martin said his office will finalize the agreement with Bank of America next week and will begin issuing treasurer's warrants by the end of November.]]></description>
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		<title>House panel approves budget-fix bills&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/19/house-panel-approves-budget-fix-bills/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/19/house-panel-approves-budget-fix-bills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:25:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[A House panel followed the Senate's lead, quickly approving a series of budget bills aimed at chipping away at the state's massive deficit.

The bills include $300 million in cuts to social programs and state aid for education.]]></description>
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		<title>Foreclosure law on track for repeal - again&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/18/foreclosure-law-repealed-again/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/18/foreclosure-law-repealed-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:28:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christian Palmer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It's back to square one for the Arizona Bankers Association.

A tenuous deal to alter Arizona laws that govern home foreclosures was struck down by lawmakers on Nov. 18 after objections were raised by the homebuilding industry. The agreement had been struck by the Bankers Association and the Arizona Association of Realtors.]]></description>
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		<title>Pearce offers amendment, then pulls it back&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/18/pearce-offers-amendment-then-pulls-it-back/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/18/pearce-offers-amendment-then-pulls-it-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:25:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[During a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Nov. 18, Sen. Russell Pearce, a Republican from Mesa who chairs the committee, offered an amendment that would have dictated how Pima and Maricopa counties would have to pay $22 million to the state.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate approves bills in debate, final vote expected today&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/18/senate-approves-bills-in-debate-final-vote-set-for-nov-19/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2009/11/18/senate-approves-bills-in-debate-final-vote-set-for-nov-19/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[In almost staccato fashion, senators approved a package of bills to reduce state spending by about $300 million on Nov. 18 - first in committee and then on the floor.

Senators attempted several amendments, both in committee and during Committee of the Whole.]]></description>
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