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A battle of wills: Legislature tried to stop the Voter Protection Act before it started
Republican legislators have spent the past 12 years railing against the Voter Protection Act, but the reviled ballot measure that tied lawmakers’ hands was a largely self-inflicted and ironically unnecessary wound.
No pot permits on county land, prosecutor says
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery is advising the Board of Supervisors not to grant permits for medical marijuana dispensaries on country-controlled land because of opposition from the federal government.
Brewer backing away from special session talk
Lawmakers may not have to return to the Capitol this year after all.
Gov. Jan Brewer told the Arizona Capitol Times that she had no specific plans for special session and played down the possibility of calling legislators back, just weeks after she first said she was considering the idea for her state employee personnel reform plan.
Humble seeking medical marijuana clarity from feds
The Arizona Department of Health Services is looking for a little more clarification from the federal government following a warning that the state’s medical marijuana program is not a shield from federal law, but Director Will Humble said the state has no plans to halt the implementation of the program.
US Attorney issues warning over medical marijuana
Federal prosecutors issued a sharp warning Monday to people planning to open medical marijuana dispensaries or large-scale growing operations under Arizona's new medical marijuana law.
Second week, first special session
Sources say Brewer is expected to call a special session tomorrow to give her authority to ask the federal government for a waiver from the maintenance of effort requirements imposed on the state by the federal health care overhaul.
Nat’l Governors Association chair: Job is changing
The new chair of the National Governors Association is warning the largest group of new governors in U.S. history that the role of governor has changed dramatically over the past decade.
