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I-10 expansion bill survives latest hurdle in sagaÂ
One senator’s last-minute amendment saved I-10 expansion funding from advancing in the Legislature as a bill this session. The I-10 expansion is a project important to...
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Yes or no, ballot measure tricky vote
In the Aug. 8, 2018, photo, Save Our Schools Arizona spokeswoman Dawn Penich-Thacker addresses a crowd of volunteers and reporters after submitting more than 110,000 signatures...
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Brutal political fight to expand Medicaid was worth it
This year marks the fifth anniversary of Medicaid restoration in Arizona, when we stood among a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers, health care providers and advocates, business leaders and patients to...
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State high court says vote on voucher expansion can proceed
Douglas calling for tax increase for teacher pay raises
Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas announces a proposal to permanently extend and expand Proposition 301 at an Arizona Business Education Coalition conference on April 27,...
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JLBC concludes voucher expansion will increase costs to state
Making vouchers universally available to pay for all children to attend private and parochial schools will actually increase costs to the state according to a legislative budget analysis and not...
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Court of Appeals hears challenge to Medicaid expansion affecting hundreds of thousands
With former Gov. Jan Brewer watching over the defense of her legacy, a panel of appeals court judges grilled a lawyer who argued the Medicaid expansion Brewer shepherded into law...
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Expansion may not have big effect on Supreme Court rulings, experts say
Legal experts say the addition of two new justices to the Arizona Supreme Court will hardly be noticeable as long as the panel that screens judicial applicants remains free of...
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No grand bargain, but still gains for Supreme Court in expansion plan
A grand bargain that the Arizona Supreme Court hoped to strike over the proposed addition of two new justices never materialized as lawmakers approved the court’s expansion in exchange for...
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Light rail opens and businesses along the expansion route breathe a sigh of relief
Light rail train. (Photo courtesy of Valley Metro) Tony Spaniu’s pizzeria has quickly become a north Phoenix favorite, serving up Italian favorites from calzones to classic...
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Cactus League expansion limited by funding, economic impact still significant
Greater Phoenix has increasingly become a destination for MLB teams to prepare for the season. Seven ballclubs called the Valley their spring training home in 2002. By 2011, that number...
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Hearing on challenge to Arizona Medicaid plan rescheduled
A hearing for arguments on the constitutionality of a fee collected from hospitals to pay for an expansion of Arizona’s Medicaid program has been postponed. The hearing had been scheduled...
