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		<title>New CPS investigative unit unanimously approved in committee</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/10/new-cps-investigative-unit-unanimously-approved-in-committee/</link>
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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>Teaching tablets</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:37:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Don Harris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Jan. 2012]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[laptops]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given the popularity and practical uses for technology, you’d be hard-pressed to find a school district in Arizona that isn’t giving students a taste of 21st century education.<br /><br />
The spread of laptops, hand-held devices and smart phones in classrooms is driven by rapid expansion of technology itself and by the fact that it’s the world that kids live in today.

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		<title>CPS team clearing backlog; blames cumbersome system</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/25/official-cps-shrinking-backlog-reforms-under-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:17:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[arizona child protective services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Department of Economic Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Protective Service]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clarence carter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CPS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[des]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Task force]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The agency overseeing the state's scrutinized child-welfare system says a special investigative team has reduced an extensive backlog of cases at the agency.]]></description>
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		<title>Cardon will return $50K signing bonus</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/23/cardon-will-return-50k-signing-bonus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 00:50:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Capitol Insiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Commerce Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Cardon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[signing bonus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outgoing Arizona Commerce Authority President and CEO Don Cardon will give back the $50,000 signing bonus he received last year.]]></description>
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		<title>State unveiling system for online petition gathering</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/20/state-unveiling-system-for-online-petition-gathering/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/20/state-unveiling-system-for-online-petition-gathering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[david berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electronic signature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ken Bennett]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Matt Roberts]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[online petitions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[secretary of state]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona is preparing to launch a new signature-gathering system that will fundamentally change the way political candidates go about qualifying for the 2012 ballot.
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Beginning Feb. 1, voters will be able go online to sign nominating petitions for candidates who want to run for statewide office and the Legislature.
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		<title>Commerce Authority lawyers exploring whether Cardon should pay back $50K</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/19/commerce-authority-lawyers-exploring-whether-cardon-should-pay-back-50k/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:29:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Governor's Office]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[aca]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andy Tobin]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Commerce Authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cardon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[commerce authority]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Don Cardon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jerry Colangelo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Kavanagh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mary Peters]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Attorneys for the Arizona Commerce Authority are poring over outgoing CEO Don Cardon’s contract to see whether the agency can recoup a $50,000 signing bonus he received, and will likely put safeguards into his successor’s contract to make sure it won’t be a question next time.
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		<title>IRC approves final maps amid clashes</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/18/irc-approves-final-maps-amid-clashes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:27:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[redistricting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[colleen mathis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doj]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jose herrera]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legislature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rick stertz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Freeman]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The members of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission spent their final mapmaking meeting the same way they’ve spent most of the past nine months – arguing, sniping at each other and lobbing accusations across the aisle.]]></description>
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		<title>Condemned prisoners use separation of powers argument in appeal</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/17/condemned-prisoners-use-separation-of-powers-argument-in-appeal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[agencies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appeals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona Supreme Court]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Capital punishment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[condemned prisoners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Corrections Department]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Corrections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lethal injection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Superior Court]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States federal judge]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Three prisoners took their case to the Arizona Court of Appeals Friday, arguing that the statute governing lethal injection violates the separation of powers doctrine because the Legislature delegated its authority over executions to the executive branch. They also argue that they aren’t left with any legal recourse if the Department of Corrections changes its execution procedures.]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer wants changes to tax code, state personnel and K-12 funding</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/09/brewer-wants-changes-to-tax-code-state-personnel-and-k-12-funding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer filled in the blanks from her State of the State address with an ambitious policy agenda heavy on restructuring the state’s tax system, changing the way public schools are funded, revamping the personnel system for state employees and throwing down the gauntlet over federal environmental and land management policies.]]></description>
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		<title>Tobin calls for IRC audit as legal bills top $1M</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/01/06/tobin-calls-for-irc-audit-as-legal-bills-top-1m/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission continues to rack up legal bills, House Speaker Andy Tobin is seeking a full audit of the commission’s finances.]]></description>
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