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House Speaker Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, (left) and Rep. Adam Kwasman, R-Oro Valley (Photos from campaign website and Twitter)
Apr 21, 2014

Romney endorses House Speaker Tobin for Congress

Former Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney endorsed House Speaker Andy Tobin in his bid to be the Republican nominee to face U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick in the November election for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.

Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at a student conference for the Clinton Global Initiative University at Arizona State University, Friday, March 21, 2014, in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Mar 24, 2014

Hillary Clinton appeals to ASU students’ idealism

Looking out to a theater full of motivated Arizona State University students, Hillary Rodham Clinton said their generation showed great promise as "open-minded and tolerant" Americans ready to step forward for an important cause.

Mar 18, 2014

Arizona Senate votes down 4 conservative bills

The Arizona Senate on Monday voted against four conservative Republican bills targeting employee unions and a set of educational standards known nationally as Common Core.

Mar 11, 2014

Arizona lawmakers look for little victories, big flaws in $3.9 trillion federal budget

WASHINGTON – Good things can come in small packages – even if those small packages ultimately add up to one, big $3.9 trillion package.

House Speaker Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, (left) and Rep. Adam Kwasman, R-Oro Valley (Photos from campaign website and Twitter)
Feb 7, 2014

Tobin, Kwasman push Medicaid bills, but neither measure has much of a chance

House Speaker Andy Tobin wants to enact more stringent regulations on who can use the state’s Medicaid system, while freshman Republican Rep. Adam Kwasman wants to repeal last year’s Medicaid expansion altogether. And on top of it all, they both want to be the next congressman from Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.

First lady Michelle Obama and guests listen as President Barack Obama gives State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. Front row, from left are, Sabrina Simone Jenkins, Craig, Remsburg, Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg, first lady Michelle Obama, Misty DeMars and Jill Biden. Second row, from left are, Jeff Bauman, Carlos Arredondo, Amanda Shelly, Nick Chute and John Soranno. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Jan 29, 2014

Five Arizonans among 24 people sitting with first lady for State of the Union

When she got a call Friday inviting her to come to the White House and meet with first lady Michelle Obama, Gilbert resident Amanda Shelley “thought I was being pranked by my friends.”

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has agreed to let hearings proceed on five of the six people nominated to vacant federal judgeships in Arizona. The state’s senior senator, John McCain, right, had agreed last fall to allow the hearings. (Cronkite News Service photo by Connor Radnovich)
Jan 29, 2014

GOP lawmakers dislike the ‘how’ as much as the ‘what’ of Obama speech

Republicans in Arizona’s congressional delegation quickly attacked President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address not just for what the president wants to do but how he vowed to do it.

Craig Remsburg, father of Army Ranger Sgt.1st Class Cory Remsburg, center, watches as his son acknowledges applause from first lady Michelle Obama and others during President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
Jan 29, 2014

Wounded war hero, Arizona native is State of Union high point

Wounded veteran Cory Remsburg had met President Barack Obama three times before Tuesday nightai??i?? once in France and twice since a roadside bomb in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on his 10th deployment.

Organizets estimated that as many as 600,000 people braved bitter cold weather to attend the annual March for Life in Washington to protest abortion rights in the country. (Cronkite News Service photo by Colton Gavin)
Jan 23, 2014

Arizonans join Roe v. Wade anniversary protest in D.C.

Bitter cold weather may have canceled the 5K run/walk and slightly decreased expected crowds, but it did little else to dampen the enthusiasm of the estimated hundreds of thousands at Wednesday’s 41st March for Life.

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has agreed to let hearings proceed on five of the six people nominated to vacant federal judgeships in Arizona. The state’s senior senator, John McCain, right, had agreed last fall to allow the hearings. (Cronkite News Service photo by Connor Radnovich)
Jan 15, 2014

Flake agrees to allow hearing on stalled federal judicial nominees for Arizona

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has lifted a block on five of six judicial nominees to the federal court in Arizona, where the American Bar Association has said vacancies are “dramatically worse” than in other states.

Jan 12, 2014

Brewer to set goals in State of the State address

Gov. Jan Brewer will lay out her Legislative goals for the coming year on Monday when she delivers what is likely her final State of the State address.

Nov 26, 2013

Arizona lawmakers give cool reception to deal on Iran’s nuclear program

Several Arizona lawmakers have weighed in on the Obama administration’s weekend announcement of an agreement intended to limit Iran’s nuclear program – and most are not pleased.

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