http://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Track to Arizona Politics Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:00:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/judge-maricopa-county-jail-conditions-improved/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/judge-maricopa-county-jail-conditions-improved/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 23:12:54 +0000 The Associated Press http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46310 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/judge-maricopa-county-jail-conditions-improved/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-medicaid-copays-challenged-by-advocacy-groups/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-medicaid-copays-challenged-by-advocacy-groups/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 23:08:07 +0000 The Associated Press http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46308 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-medicaid-copays-challenged-by-advocacy-groups/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/early-ballot-returns-in-gabrielle-giffords-replacement-race-at-high-pace/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/early-ballot-returns-in-gabrielle-giffords-replacement-race-at-high-pace/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 23:02:35 +0000 Evan Wyloge http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46304 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/early-ballot-returns-in-gabrielle-giffords-replacement-race-at-high-pace/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-cd8-candidate-ron-barber-confirms-support-for-obama/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-cd8-candidate-ron-barber-confirms-support-for-obama/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 22:53:42 +0000 The Associated Press http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46302 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-cd8-candidate-ron-barber-confirms-support-for-obama/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/maricopa-countys-early-voter-list-tops-1-million/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/maricopa-countys-early-voter-list-tops-1-million/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 22:41:11 +0000 The Associated Press http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46297 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/maricopa-countys-early-voter-list-tops-1-million/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/supermajority-gop-chalked-up-big-gains-but-not-with-immigration-guns-and-anti-union-bills/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/supermajority-gop-chalked-up-big-gains-but-not-with-immigration-guns-and-anti-union-bills/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:43:05 +0000 Luige del Puerto http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46225 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/supermajority-gop-chalked-up-big-gains-but-not-with-immigration-guns-and-anti-union-bills/feed/ 2 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-dismisses-budget-differences-says-everybody-went-home-happy/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-dismisses-budget-differences-says-everybody-went-home-happy/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:47 +0000 Jeremy Duda http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46230
In her fourth year as governor, Brewer wanted a budget that gave more money to education, public safety and health services. She wanted sweeping changes that would overhaul the way Arizona hired and fired state employees. And she wanted to continue the economic recovery that she has consistently referred as the “Arizona comeback.”]]> http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-dismisses-budget-differences-says-everybody-went-home-happy/feed/ 1 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/david-schapira-anti-labor-bills-blocked-by-keeping-spotlight-on-gop/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/david-schapira-anti-labor-bills-blocked-by-keeping-spotlight-on-gop/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:38:21 +0000 Luige del Puerto http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46212
That job fell to Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, whose caucus shrank to only nine members following the 2010 elections.]]> http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/david-schapira-anti-labor-bills-blocked-by-keeping-spotlight-on-gop/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/steve-pierce-keeping-gop-out-of-the-news-was-biggest-challenge-in-2012-legislative-session/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/steve-pierce-keeping-gop-out-of-the-news-was-biggest-challenge-in-2012-legislative-session/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:19:07 +0000 Luige del Puerto http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46211
The Prescott rancher was elected as Senate president following the ouster of Russell Pearce, who lost a November recall election to a rival Republican. While some of Pearce’s colleagues had no love lost for the former senator, others remained loyal to him.]]> http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/steve-pierce-keeping-gop-out-of-the-news-was-biggest-challenge-in-2012-legislative-session/feed/ 0 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/andy-tobin-uncertainty-over-obamacare-federal-cuts-forced-tough-choices-in-2012-legislative-session/ http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/andy-tobin-uncertainty-over-obamacare-federal-cuts-forced-tough-choices-in-2012-legislative-session/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 17:17:31 +0000 Caitlin Coakley Beckner http://azcapitoltimes.com/?p=46195 http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/andy-tobin-uncertainty-over-obamacare-federal-cuts-forced-tough-choices-in-2012-legislative-session/feed/ 0