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		<title>Voters to decide if state can declare fed actions unconstitutional&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/voters-to-decide-if-state-can-declare-fed-actions-unconstitutional/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Voters in the 2014 general election will decide whether Arizona can reject federal actions and programs that the Legislature or the voters deem unconstitutional.]]></description>
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		<title>Early voting bills revived — but only temporarily&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/early-voting-bills-revived-but-only-temporarily/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when it appeared the controversial election bills involving the Permanent Early Voting List were dead, they received new life last week after Senate leadership introduced an elections omnibus bill incorporating five measures.

Then they stalled again.]]></description>
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		<title>Capitol Times journalists win honors in Arizona Press Club contest</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/capitol-times-journalists-win-honors-in-arizona-press-club-contest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arizona Capitol Times Staff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Capitol Times journalists won a total of 16 awards, including six first-place awards, in this year’s Arizona Press Club contest. The winners were announced May 18.]]></description>
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		<title>Bipartisan Senate passes budget, AHCCCS expansion&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/16/bipartisan-senate-passes-budget-ahcccs-expansion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 05:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Giles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A debate that lasted nearly 12 hours ended late Thursday night, when the Arizona state Senate approved a budget proposal that includes a plan to expand Medicaid coverage as desired by Gov. Jan Brewer.

<br /></br>Six Republican senators joined forces with Senate Democrats to wrest control of the chamber from Sen. President Andy Biggs and provided momentum to Brewer’s proposal by giving preliminary approval to the bills during floor debate.]]></description>
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		<title>Court denies injunction against Brewer’s driver’s license order&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/16/judge-lets-arizona-gov-jan-brewers-immigrant-license-denial-stand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:36:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[illegal immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A federal judge has rejected an activist group’s request for an injunction against Gov. Jan Brewer’s executive order denying drivers’ licenses to young illegal immigrants who are allowed, under a federal program, to stay in the country.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor pushes ahead with sales tax reform&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/16/governor-pushes-ahead-with-sales-tax-reform/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer is pushing ahead with a modified proposal to simplify the state’s sales tax system, one of her key goals this year. 
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		<title>Senate gives preliminary approval to Medicaid expansion&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/16/last-minute-additions-threaten-state-budget-medicaid-negotiations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Luige del Puerto and Ben Giles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A block of five Republican senators joined forces with Senate Democrats on May 16 to wrest control of the chamber from Sen. President Andy Biggs and provide momentum to Gov. Brewer’s proposal to expand Medicaid in Arizona.
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		<title>Brewer again rallies Medicaid supporters at Capitol&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/15/arizona-governor-jan-brewer-again-rallies-medicaid-supporters-at-capitol/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 01:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the fourth time in about two months, Gov. Jan Brewer rallied with supporters of her Medicaid expansion proposal at the Capitol, gathering hundreds of people for the largest such event she’s held since unveiling her health care plan.
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		<title>McComish becomes key player in Medicaid expansion drama&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/15/mccomish-becomes-key-player-in-medicaid-expansion-drama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 23:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Giles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senators are prepped for a lengthy floor debate on the GOP-led budget plan and a wildly anticipated fight to add Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion proposal to the mix against the objection of most Senate Republicans.<br /><br />Ten budget bills cleared the Senate Appropriations Committee, many by 6-3 party line votes, and the Rules Committee on Wednesday afternoon. That paves the way for lawmakers to take a final round of votes on the $8.89 billion spending plan Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer: Senate budget means end is near&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/14/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-senate-budget-means-session-end-is-near/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer said the budget introduced today by Senate President Andy Biggs is fairly close to her own and that she has few problems with the proposal, except for one major exception – it doesn’t include the expansion of Arizona’s Medicaid program.
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