Ben Giles//August 22, 2013//

Newly sworn-inLD7 Sen. Carlyle Begay, D-Ganado. (Photo by Jim Small / Arizona Capitol Times.) An attorney for Sen. Carlyle Begay called Rep. Albert Hale’s request that...

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