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Brewer expands pitch on extended jobless benefits
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is proposing new eligibility requirements for some unemployment benefits recipients as she tries to entice Republican legislators to keep providing 20 weeks of extended benefits.
So you’re telling me there’s a chance
Several days ago, a special session to address the unemployment benefits extension seemed to be dead on arrival. But a source in the Senate told our reporter this morning that the winds might have shifted so there's now a "50-50" chance of it happening next week.
Loose ends abound, but few likely to bring lawmakers back to Capitol
Lawmakers enjoyed the relative shortness of their 100-day session, but they may pay for the handful of issues they left unaddressed with one or more special sessions.
Unemployment benefits, tax code changes and Gov. Jan Brewer’s personnel reform plan could bring legislators back to the Capitol.
Brewer, leadership meet, but no word on special session
Gov. Jan Brewer, Senate President Russell Pearce and House Speaker Andy Tobin met for an hour Tuesday to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the state during the legislative off-session, but made no decisions on calling lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session.
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.
Talk of special session for Arizona Legislature
Gov. Jan Brewer has completed action on bills passed by the Legislature during its 2011 regular session. But now she and others are talking about the possibility of a special session, either in the fall or sooner.
Regents to hold special meeting on UA Healthcare
The Arizona Board of Regents will hold a special meeting Friday to rescind steps it recently took to reorganize the leadership and board of directors of UA Healthcare.
Despite strong criticism, jobs bill passes
The jobs bill, announced on Monday and debated fiercely since, has passed the Arizona House and the Senate, even as many legislators acknowledged its flaws.
Arizona hospitals release financing proposal
The Arizona Hospitals and Healthcare Association is releasing some details of its financing proposal, that it says could help avoid a big cut in Medicaid enrollment due to the state's budget shortfall.
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.
Goddard urges Brewer to review prison system in special session
In the wake of a prison break that set three convicted murderes free, Attorney General Terry Goddard called on Gov. Jan Brewer to amend her special session call to include a review of budget and privatization issues that he said have weakened Arizona's corrections system.
Groups, lawmakers push for multiple issues in special session
Gov. Jan Brewer and legislative leaders have agreed to limit the special session to fixing ballot language aimed at preserving the right to vote by secret ballot in union elections. But that hasn't stopped lawmakers and groups from pushing for other issues to be included in the special session.
