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Republican lawmakers eager to take on merit system

Jeremy Duda and Luige del Puerto//April 22, 2011//

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Republican lawmakers eager to take on merit system

Republican lawmakers eager to take on merit system

Jeremy Duda and Luige del Puerto//April 22, 2011//

While the battles Wisconsin Republicans waged against their state’s teachers unions dominated news coverage in a made-for-television drama, their legislative counterparts in Arizona moved against government employees with far less...

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Tags: merit performance reform, GOP, Goldwater Institute, Republican, Arizona Capitol Times Partner Blogs, Arizona, Jan Brewer, merit system, attorney general, employee merit system, Russell Pearce

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