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		<title>Out of the frying pan and into the fire?</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/out-of-the-frying-pan-and-into-the-fire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 17:46:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pro-Medicaid expansion supporters are trying to avoid a ballot fight in large part because of a desire to prevent the campaign from becoming a national referendum on Obamacare, with well-financed out-of-state groups pouring in millions of dollars against it.]]></description>
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		<title>Group seeks to continue suit opposing Arpaio recall bid</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A group supporting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is asking a judge to let its lawsuit seeking to end a recall effort against the sheriff move forward in court.]]></description>
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		<title>Group names Giffords as its Woman of the Year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Democratic women's leadership group has named former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords its Woman of the Year.]]></description>
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		<title>Tea party vs. old guard in GOP Senate rift</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long-simmering feud between establishment Republicans and tea partyers broke into full view Thursday, with Sen. John McCain accusing younger colleagues of overplaying their hands and tempting Democrats to change Senate rules that protect the minority party.]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer changes Medicaid plan to ease critics’ concerns&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/brewer-changes-medicaid-plan-to-ease-critics-concerns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the concerns raised in the Legislature regarding Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan haven’t fallen on deaf ears.
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In the amendment that included Brewer’s expansion plan in the Senate’s budget on May 16, the Ninth Floor included several changes aimed at alleviating concerns over her proposal.
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		<title>Senate plan would provide nearly $1 million annually to Navajo college based in New Mexico&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/senate-plan-would-provide-nearly-1-million-annually-to-navajo-college-based-in-new-mexico/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:23:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A New Mexico-based college that recently cut its ties with a foundation led by state Rep. Catherine Miranda to enroll undocumented immigrants would get nearly $1 million a year under a Senate spending plan.
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		<title>AG would get $500,000 from indigent defense fund to prosecute death penalty cases&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/ag-would-get-500000-from-indigent-defense-fund-to-prosecute-death-penalty-cases/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 16:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The spending proposal that passed the Senate on May 16 allows the Arizona Attorney General’s Office to tap into a state fund for indigent defendants to pay for prosecuting certain death-penalty proceedings.
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		<title>Rooftop solar debate flares as utility regulators take up changes to incentives sought by APS&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/arizona-rooftop-solar-debate-heats-as-regulators-take-up-changes-to-incentives-sought-by-aps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Evan Wyloge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As summer dawns and temperatures rise, the struggle over Arizona’s solar energy policies promises to heat up in coming months.
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The state’s largest utility company is preparing to ask government regulators to change the way a key solar energy incentive is structured.
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		<title>Capitol Quotes: May 24, 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Thorpe]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political world.]]></description>
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		<title>The untold story behind medical marijuana’s success</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/24/the-untold-story-behind-arizona-medical-marijuanas-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:29:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite all the coverage of “medical” marijuana in Arizona, the news media’s own role in promoting this law has gone unreported. Yet it’s an important story.]]></description>
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