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2012 session one of the most successful in years

Gov. Jan Brewer. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
It is often said that nothing — or at least nothing good — gets done in an election...

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Lawmaker participation ranks high 3rd year in a row

Once again, voting and attendance records from this year demonstrate that as long as the legislative session is kept close to the 100 days prescribed by legislative rules, lawmakers’ participation...

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A rare GOP-Dem budget that almost happened

[caption id="attachment_46168" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="(From left) Sen. Rick Murphy, R-Peoria, Senate Majority Leader Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, and Senate Minority Leader David Schapira, D-Tempe, talk on the Senate floor during the...

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Andy Tobin’s leadership lessons learned the hard way

House Speaker Andy Tobin (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Within days of the 2011 legislative session ending, Andy Tobin was elected speaker of the House...

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Russell Pearce gone but not forgotten by legislative allies

Former Sen. Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's controversial immigration law SB1070, testified on immigration issues April 24 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo)
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Arizona votes on seven ballot measures in 2012

The race is on to woo voters for a slate of ballot measures passed by the 50th Legislature on property taxes, government financing, trust land and states’ rights. Some of...

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A smile for all, House ‘Mother’ Zoe Spinner retires at 82

[caption id="attachment_46132" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Receptionist Zoe Spinner, 82, answers the phone at the information desk in the Arizona House of Representatives. Colleagues, friends and acquaintances of Spinner, who retired this...

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