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	<title>Arizona Capitol Times</title>
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	<description>Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics</description>
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		<title>New CPS investigative unit unanimously approved in committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Montgomery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Safety Task Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Economic Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HB2721]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Office of Child Welfare Investigations]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The House Judiciary Committee took the first steps Thursday in creating a new unit of investigators dedicated to high-priority child abuse and neglect cases, a cornerstone measure recommended by the Child Safety Task Force.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal court rejects challenge to Arizona Snowbowl’s mountain snow-making plan</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:20:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal appeals panel Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling that Arizona Snowbowl can use reclaimed water to make snow on federal land at the Flagstaff ski resort.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama signs Giffords&#8217; final bill into law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama has signed into law a final bill authored by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, who was wounded in an Arizona shooting rampage a year ago.]]></description>
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		<title>Rural college district to vote against campus guns</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. (AP) — Members of the Mohave Community College governing board are likely to vote against a bill allowing properly permitted residents to carry guns on campus.
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		<title>Ariz. to get $150K to enforce fair housing laws</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Civil Rights Act of 1968]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Housing discrimination]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thursday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona is getting more than $150,000 to combat housing discrimination.
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		<title>Arizona submits congressional map to US for review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[redistricting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[airc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Independent Redistricting Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal review of Arizona's map of new congressional districts for compliance with the Voting Rights Act is about to start.]]></description>
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		<title>Redistricting was hijacked by Democrats — give voters a chance to fix the process</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/10/redistricting-was-hijacked-by-democrats-%e2%80%94-give-voters-a-chance-to-fix-the-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Opinion</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Tobin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In ordinary circumstances, the most politically safe and easy course of action is to do nothing. On the other hand, it’s especially risky to foment actions that would alter the outcomes of voter initiatives.
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In the case of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, it’s important to conclude one way or another whether the intent and desires of the voters have been violated. If they have been, we should provide voters the mechanism with which to fix the situation. It’s obvious to me the process was hijacked.]]></description>
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		<title>Cities and towns are vital to Arizona’s economic recovery</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/10/cities-and-towns-are-vital-to-arizona%e2%80%99s-economic-recovery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:25:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Opinion</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Tobin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clarkdale Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While Arizona has endured one of longest and deepest recessions in American history, the League of Arizona Cities and Towns has stepped forward to be a strong partner with Gov. Jan Brewer and state lawmakers as they sought solutions to reverse our fiscal crisis.
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Arizona’s 91 cities and towns cut their spending by nearly 30 percent on average. We have responded to this crisis by doing more with less.
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		<title>Brewer precedent may spell doom for union bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends and foes of the anti-union bills working their way through the Legislature may want to look at Gov. Jan Brewer’s record with public safety unions before they dub her the Scott Walker of the West.
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		<title>Unions forego all-out battle with Legislature — for now</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 15:44:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Public unions are avoiding a forceful confrontation with conservative lawmakers who are pushing for a slew of anti-union proposals – for now.
<br /><br />
Instead of declaring an open war by organizing massive protests at the state Capitol — a tactic adopted by labor unions in Wisconsin who faced a similar threat last year — unions here have had a more tempered response.]]></description>
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