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		<title>JLBC: New sales tax reform plan will increase revenue&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/23/jlbc-new-sales-tax-reform-plan-will-increase-revenue/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest incarnation of Gov. Jan Brewer’s sales tax reform plan will be a net positive to the state’s general fund that could bring in nearly $37 million in new revenue next year, according to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.]]></description>
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		<title>Brewer follows through on threat, vetoes bills&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/23/arizona-gov-jan-brewer-follows-through-on-medicaid-expansion-threat-vetoes-bills/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 00:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jan Brewer wasn’t kidding around when she told the Legislature to stop sending her bills.
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		<title>Brophy McGee receives threatening voicemail over Medicaid expansion&#160;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The debate over Medicaid expansion has become so contentious that Rep. Kate Brophy McGee received an “abusive, threatening and vulgar” voicemail that scared her so much she is having House security investigate the matter.]]></description>
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		<title>Dem lawmaker sets hearing on AZ Guard misconduct</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/23/democratic-arizona-lawmaker-debbie-mccune-davis-sets-hearing-on-az-guard-misconduct/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 16:43:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Democratic state lawmaker plans to hold a hearing into misconduct at the Arizona National Guard revealed in a newspaper and National Guard investigation.
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		<title>Arizona House non-prayer sparks Christian re-do&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/22/arizona-atheist-lawmaker-juan-mendez-non-prayer-sparks-christian-re-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 00:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Christie, Associated Press</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An atheist lawmaker's decision to give the daily prayer at the Arizona House of Representatives triggered a do-over from a Christian lawmaker who said the previous day's prayer didn't pass muster.]]></description>
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		<title>Breakaway senator mulls whether to seek another term&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/22/mesa-arizona-sen-bob-worsley-mulls-whether-to-seek-another-term-in-2014/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 14:38:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Giles</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A member of the coalition of Senate Republicans who broke away from the majority party and voted for Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion proposal is contemplating whether to run for office in 2014.<br /><br />
Sen. Bob Worsley, R-Mesa, said that while he intends to run at this point, the decision is one he must still mull over in the coming year – and any reservations he has to running have nothing to do with his vote on Medicaid.


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		<title>Federal court strikes down Arizona 20-week abortion ban&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/21/federal-court-strikes-down-arizona-20-week-abortion-ban/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/21/federal-court-strikes-down-arizona-20-week-abortion-ban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gary Grado</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona’s law banning abortion at 20 weeks amounts to a prohibition on abortion, not just a limitation, making it unconstitutional, a unanimous 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled today.
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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>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/voters-to-decide-if-state-can-declare-fed-actions-unconstitutional/#comments</comments>
		<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>Freshman ranks high among most lobbied&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/20/arizona-freshman-lawmaker-ethan-orr-ranks-high-among-most-lobbied/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Hank Stephenson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though Republican Rep. Ethan Orr of Tucson was listed as benefiting from only $566 spent by lobbyists, he ranked No. 3 among the most lobbied lawmakers during the first quarter.
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		<title>Brewer ends quest for pro-life language in Medicaid plan&#160;</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/05/17/az-gov-jan-brewer-ends-quest-for-pro-life-language-in-medicaid-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Duda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After weeks of discussions on possible pro-life language for her Medicaid expansion plan, Gov. Jan Brewer is through trying to find a way to bar abortion providers from participating in AHCCCS.
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