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[caption id="attachment_33443" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="State Representative and Speaker of the House Kirk D. Adams addresses his fellow Representatives at the Arizona Capitol on Monday Jan. 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Darryl Webb)...
Once highly touted, enterprise zone expansion looks bleak
Amid quiet sniping from Republican lawmakers, one of Gov. Jan Brewer’s economic recovery planks appears near death. Brewer has advocated for an expansion of Arizona’s enterprise zone program, which gives...
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Redistricting panel taking shape, as Adams, Campbell make choices
The top two legislative leaders of the Arizona House of Representatives have selected the first two member of the Independent Redistricting Commission. On Jan. 31, Republican House Speaker Kirk Adams...
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Ariz. lawmaker says economic package nearly ready
Arizona House Speaker Kirk Adams says Gov. Jan Brewer and top Republican legislative leaders are near agreement on a package of business tax cuts and other steps intended to boost...
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Bill would allow legislative leaders to join legal fight for SB 1070
A House committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation that would allow the House speaker and Senate president to initiate legal proceedings and appear on behalf of their chambers in support of...
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Adams’ pick for redistricting commission: Scott Freeman
State legislators have begun the final step of appointing nominees to the Independent Redistricting Commission, which will redraw the boundaries of the state’s legislative and congressional districts. The process kicked...
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Only in Arizona
Ron Carmichael told our reporter he believes his endorsements from Kyl, Adams, Shadegg and other GOP elected officials ultimately cost him the Republican Party chairman’s election on Saturday. To read...
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Adams begins interviews, and a look at the past
In redistricting skirmish, Republicans fail to oust Bender
[caption id="attachment_32916" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Former Supreme Court Justice Stanley Feldman, who successfully argued to keep ASU law professor Paul Bender in consideration for Arizona's five-member Independent Redistricting Commission, looks on...
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Leadership on the record
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At Capitol, civility reigns for now, but business as usual looms
[caption id="attachment_32809" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="House Speaker Kirk Adams shakes hands with a guest on the floor of the House of Representatives during opening ceremonies for the 50th Legislature Jan. 10...
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Legislature swiftly passes, Brewer signs bill to restrict funeral protests
[caption id="attachment_32720" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Gov. Jan Brewer, seen here at her recent inauguration, signed SB1101 Tuesday evening, limiting protests at the upcoming funerals of Saturday's shooting victims. (Photo by Evan...