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Senate Appropriations Committee

Toma, Republicans, Hobbs, Legislature, budget crunch
Oct 16, 2023

Republican legislative leaders face first budget crunch in nearly a decade

Republican leaders in the Arizona Legislature are facing their first budget crunch in nearly a decade and minority Democrats are pointing the finger right at the GOP, saying the pain that will be felt by state residents is a self-inflicted wound.

renewable energy, Arizona Corporation Commission, natural gas, nuclear energy, Lesko, Congress, California, Arizona
Mar 31, 2021

Senate to vote on taking power from regulators

Rejecting arguments about economic development, clean air and even constitutional issues, a Senate panel voted along party lines March 31 to strip the Arizona Corporation Commission of its power to set energy policy for utilities.

Mar 19, 2021

Gambling bill stalls in senate as politics take shape

A top legislative priority for Gov. Doug Ducey to expand off-reservation gaming is stalled in the Senate after the House voted 48-12 to approve a mirror bill on March 4.

Oct 15, 2020

Rosy state revenues belie need for recovery package

Rosy state revenues belie ongoing economic turmoil, particularly for lower-income Arizonans who have been disproportionately affected by job losses and wage cuts.

Sep 29, 2015

Democrats offer plan to raise $4 billion for education

In response to education funding plans proposed by the governor and legislative Republicans, Democrats today released their own school funding plan, boasting that their proposal would raise nearly $4 billion dollars over 10 years without increasing taxes.

Mar 13, 2015

Lawmakers talk of fix-all bill for budget errors, unresolved issues

Gov. Doug Ducey noted with pride that less than two months after he took office, legislators approved a budget that he considers 99 percent of what he asked for, passing it out of both chambers in record time.

Dec 19, 2014

Yuma lawmaker plans e-cigarette taxation legislation

In light of devastating projections of a $1.5 billion budget shortfall in the current and next fiscal years, a Democratic lawmaker is proposing a tax on e-cigarettes, saying that the modest revenues the new tax could bring in would be a small start to bridging the deficit.

Gov. Jan Brewer (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Apr 1, 2014

Brewer threatens vetoes until budget work finished

A spokesman for Gov. Jan Brewer said the governor has concerns with changes the Senate is making to the House-approved budget that could lead her to veto the spending package.

Mar 31, 2014

Senate panel to review $9.24B Arizona budget plan

An Arizona Senate committee plans to review changes the House made in the budget package senators passed a week and a half ago.

Mar 18, 2014

Senate panel moves budget forward, but questions go unanswered

The Arizona Senate Appropriations Committee advanced a $9.13 billion budget package fiscal 2014-2015 on Tuesday afternoon, with all votes breaking on party lines as the chamber’s Republican majority took charge.

Jan 27, 2014

Senate panel advances spending bills, including $6.86 million for child welfare

The bulk of the funding, $6.86 million, would be used to hire caseworkers and other child welfare aids in an effort to resolve the backlog of 6,554 cases that went uninvestigated by Child Protective Service, a gross oversight that caused Gov. Jan Brewer to abolish the agency at the outset of the 2014 Legislative Session in favor of a new department that reports directly to the Ninth Floor.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer advocates for extending Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of low-income residents on the Capitol lawn Wednesday (right), while critics decry her plan (left). (Photos by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
May 15, 2013

Brewer again rallies Medicaid supporters at Capitol

For the fourth time in about two months, Gov. Jan Brewer rallied with supporters of her Medicaid expansion proposal at the Capitol, gathering hundreds of people for the largest such event she’s held since unveiling her health care plan.

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