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		<title>Power line cost pits lawmakers vs. ACC&#160;&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/power-line-cost-pits-lawmakers-vs-acc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Arizona Corporation Commission decided three years ago that homebuilders should pay the cost of extending power lines to new houses, but some lawmakers now want to go back to the way things used to be and force utility companies to foot the bill.]]></description>
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		<title>Ballot measure would ban ‘taxpayer money&#8217; for political campaigns&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The system that allows Arizona residents to use government money to campaign for political office is teetering after a federal judge ruled earlier this year that a major component of the scheme is unconstitutional. Many powerful special interest groups, nonetheless, are hoping to deliver the knockout blow at the ballot box this fall, rather than wait for it to collapse on its own.]]></description>
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		<title>Special investigator appointed to Thomas probe</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/special-investigator-appointed-to-thomas-probe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:05:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The chief justice of the Arizona Supreme Court has appointed a special investigator to look into allegations of unethical conduct against Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas.]]></description>
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		<title>Campaign finance now in uncharted territory</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/05/campaign-finance-now-in-uncharted-territory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that corporations and labor unions can spend freely on political campaigns, Arizona has a simple choice - create new regulations to monitor that type of spending, or run the risk of an entire election cycle being dominated by millions of dollars worth of anonymous advertising.]]></description>
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		<title>States rush to catch up with campaign finance ruling</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/05/states-rush-to-catch-up-with-campaign-finance-ruling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona is moving quickly to rewrite its laws in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that allows corporations and labor unions to spend money directly on political campaigns, but a handful of states might be in legal limbo until after the 2010 elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Tucson loses suit challenging nonpartisan voting</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/04/tucson-loses-suit-challenging-nonpartisan-voting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TUCSON - A Pima County Superior Court judge ruled against the city of Tucson March 4 in its challenge of a new state law requiring nonpartisan, ward-only elections.]]></description>
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		<title>Senate votes to tighten evidence standard</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/03/senate-votes-to-tighten-evidence-standard/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Davenport, Associated Press</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[State court judges would have a tighter screen to use when deciding expert testimony that juries hear in civil cases under a bill approved 20-8 by the Arizona Senate, sending the measure to the House.]]></description>
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		<title>Bills requiring schools to count illegal students advance&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/02/25/bills-requiring-schools-to-count-illegal-students-advance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans are trying to pass a law that would require public schools to determine which of their students are illegal immigrants and then report their findings to the state.]]></description>
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		<title>Man charged in speed-camera killing to go to trial</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A man charged with killing the operator of a speed-camera van along a Phoenix freeway has been found competent to stand trial and will not face the death penalty, a judge said Feb. 24.]]></description>
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		<title>Judge explains why he halted abortion laws&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/02/23/judge-explains-why-he-halted-abortion-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 02:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Feb. 17 said he stopped significant provisions of abortion restrictions from taking effect because they would have burdened patients and abortion providers. ]]></description>
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