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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>
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		<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>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>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/ballot-measure-would-ban-%e2%80%98taxpayer-money-for-political-campaigns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Small</dc:creator>
		
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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>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>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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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>Officials: Budget cuts will increase boating dangers</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/11/officials-budget-cuts-will-increase-boating-dangers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christine Harvey, Cronkite News Service</dc:creator>
		
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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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		<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>Sanctuary cities bill brings protestors to Capitol&#160;&#160;&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/10/illegal-immigration-bill-brings-protestors-to-capitol/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/10/illegal-immigration-bill-brings-protestors-to-capitol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:58:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephanie Snyder</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 people demonstrated in front of the Executive Tower today to advocate both for and against a bill that would alter laws related to illegal immigration.<br /><br />

Bill S1070, which has passed the Senate and is ready for debate in the House, would prohibit state and local governments from enacting policies that would conflict with federal immigration laws.]]></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>AZ Subway franchise to close after running afoul of employer sanctions law</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/az-subway-franchise-to-close-after-running-afoul-of-employer-sanctions-law/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/az-subway-franchise-to-close-after-running-afoul-of-employer-sanctions-law/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:38:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PHOENIX (AP) - A west Phoenix Subway sandwich franchise on March 9 became the second Arizona business to admit to violating the state law that penalizes employers for knowingly hiring illegal immigrants.]]></description>
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		<title>Tax boost for AZ businesses draws bipartisan support</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/blog/2010/03/09/tax-boost-for-az-businesses-draws-bipartisan-support/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The only bill in a Republican budget-balancing package to draw bipartisan support from members of an Arizona House committee was one opposed by small businesses.]]></description>
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