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Health care for kids shouldn’t be a state secret
There’s a secret that schools want to share with working parents – if you can’t afford health insurance for your kids, you might be able to get it for just... […]
What lies beneath Oak Flat≠
Copper company, rock climbers, clash over proposed land swap
Budget progress — Bee says Senate closing in on package
At the pace negotiations are moving, the Senate may have a budget “very soon,” according to President Tim Bee. Without directly saying it, Bee strongly suggested that the Senate benefited... […]
Lawyer snafu — Supreme Court rejects appeal of car thief suspect
A suspected car thief and armed robbery suspect is not entitled to an expired plea bargain offer though his attorney failed to notify him of the offer, the Arizona Supreme... […]
Sen. Bob Burns, appropriations chair — ‘There is a lot of pet spending that goes on in this place’
Sitting atop some $10 billion in projected state revenues is the committee that Sen. Bob Burns, R-9, chairs. The lawmaker, who has much say in how the budget process will... […]
Capitol Quotes, March 22 2007
Capitol quotes “Mr. Speaker Pro Tem, I rise for introduction of guests and explanation of dress.”—-Rep. Theresa Ulmer, D-24, on the floor March 20. A Democrat, she was wearing a... […]
Lawmakers protest illegal immigrant receiving bond
Republican lawmakers held a press conference March 22 in protest of two recent decisions by commissioners of the Maricopa County Superior Court to allow bond to be set for an... […]
Arizona congressman introduces bill to publicly fund federal elections
A bill to implement publicly funded campaigns for all federal elections was introduced today in the U.S. House of Representatives by Arizona Congressman Raul Grijalva and Massachusetts Democrat John Tierney.... […]
Employer sanction measure goes to Senate committee
Senate President Tim Bee said the bill, H2779, could have gone to any four committees in his chamber. But the Appropriations Committee under Sen. Robert Burns, R-9, is most appropriate... […]
Air Force with soul
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Deal puts tight restrictions on payday lenders
A deal has been struck between the payday loan industry and one of its biggest critics at the Legislature that will place heavy restrictions on lenders in the name of... […]
3 firms bid for $1.4 billion mental health contract
The proposals are in and three health care providers are vying for a three-year $1.4 billion contract to oversee services to thousands of Maricopa County residents suffering from depression, mental... […]
