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		<title>Trans-Pacific trade agreement must protect U.S. intellectual property</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/18/trans-pacific-trade-agreement-must-protect-u-s-intellectual-property/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:44:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an Arizonan, when you hear about trade agreements, you might not automatically think about jobs in the great Copper State. However, as the most populous landlocked state in the U.S., we should. Trade is a huge driver of our economy, not only as a nation, but also of our state economies.
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		<title>Legislature passes job-creating reforms in taxes, regulations, civil justice and education</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/18/legislature-passes-job-creating-reforms-in-taxes-regulations-civil-justice-and-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:38:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The two years of the 50th Arizona Legislature will go down in the history    books as the years when the Legislature hit reboot on the Arizona economy and turned what was a basket case into a best case.
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		<title>Time to give our first freedom as much respect as the second</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/11/time-to-give-our-first-freedom-as-much-respect-as-the-second/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A handful of elected officials in the Arizona Legislature have repeatedly tried to intimidate and silence Goldwater Institute analysts out of giving testimony in support of or in opposition to legislation this year. In one case, an elected official forced a Goldwater Institute attorney, who asked to speak on behalf of the Institute, to refrain from speaking because she was not a registered lobbyist for the Institute. Although the attorney was later allowed to testify after signing in as representing only herself, the instance demonstrates that certain Arizona legislators want citizens to curtail their First Amendment rights before daring to talk or write about public policy with their representatives.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor, Legislature score  big wins for business 2nd year in a row</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/11/governor-legislature-score-big-wins-for-business-2nd-year-in-a-row/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/11/governor-legislature-score-big-wins-for-business-2nd-year-in-a-row/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Tobin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arizona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[competitiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jan Brewer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Yogi Berra were a political analyst, he might describe the May 3 passage of HB2815 as the second consecutive year that the Legislature passed a once-in-a-generation competitiveness package.
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		<title>Republicans’ ‘bait-and-switch’ budget lacks vision</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/04/republicans%e2%80%99-%e2%80%98bait-and-switch%e2%80%99-budget-lacks-vision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:31:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arizona Legislative Republicans did the state a disservice by pushing through a bait-and-switch budget that lacks vision, leaves kids of working families without health care coverage and fails to create jobs.]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats choose partisan zeal over participating in the great Arizona recovery</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/04/democrats-choose-partisan-zeal-over-participating-in-the-great-arizona-recovery/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/04/democrats-choose-partisan-zeal-over-participating-in-the-great-arizona-recovery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 16:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Republicans passed a budget this week and, as usual, we did so without the help of Democrats. Despite the fact that we made no cuts in essential services while providing $150 million for statewide K-12 education funding, $21 million for universities and $100 million for health &#38; welfare programs, there never seems to be enough spending to satisfy all their demands.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal government attempting to halt development in Cochise County</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/27/federal-government-attempting-to-halt-development-in-cochise-county/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/27/federal-government-attempting-to-halt-development-in-cochise-county/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:32:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly two decades of simmering conflict over water resources in Cochise County reached an explosive climax recently when bureaucrats with the federal Bureau of Land Management (BLM) issued an unprecedented and stunning ultimatum to the state of Arizona: Stop development near the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area (SPRNCA).]]></description>
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		<title>Veto of guns bill makes us less safe</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/27/veto-of-guns-bill-makes-us-less-safe/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/27/veto-of-guns-bill-makes-us-less-safe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a gun-crying shame.

We’re all less safe with the veto of the well-written no-guns-in- buildings law, incorrectly labeled by the media and rights-deniers as the “guns-in-buildings” law.]]></description>
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		<title>Rate reviews allow consumers to oversee health insurance increases</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/20/rate-reviews-allow-consumers-to-oversee-health-insurance-increases/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/20/rate-reviews-allow-consumers-to-oversee-health-insurance-increases/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:20:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ask Arizonans about their health care concerns and — overwhelmingly — they will say they are worried about how much their health insurance costs and whether they will continue to be able to afford it.]]></description>
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		<title>Contraception-limiting bill would set a dangerous precedent</title>
		<link>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/20/contraception-limiting-bill-would-set-a-dangerous-precedent/</link>
		<comments>http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/04/20/contraception-limiting-bill-would-set-a-dangerous-precedent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2012 16:18:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As people of faith and religious leaders in our communities, we oppose House Bill 2625. Should HB2625 land on your desk, we urge you to veto this bill. HB2625 is not about religious freedom. In fact, it is just the opposite. This bill allows employers to impose their religious beliefs on their employees.]]></description>
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