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GOP lawmakers flex political muscle on LGBTQ bills

Nathan Brown and Camryn Sanchez Arizona Capitol Times//February 18, 2022//

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GOP lawmakers flex political muscle on LGBTQ bills

GOP lawmakers flex political muscle on LGBTQ bills

Nathan Brown and Camryn Sanchez Arizona Capitol Times//February 18, 2022//

House Speaker Rusty Bowers still wants a hearing for a bill he is co-sponsoring to ban discrimination against LGBTQ people, even if he has to handpick the committee to get...

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