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Associated Press - November 19, 2009 3:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A lawmaker's unexplained absence has the Arizona Senate in disarray. Republican Sen.
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 1:54 PM ET FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - Flagstaff's city manager predicts another round of budget cuts next year because of lower than projected state and local...
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 11:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A state House committee has endorsed a package of bills to close about a quarter of the state's $2 billion midyear budget...
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 9:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's public campaign financing commission on Thursday will consider anew whether a legislator should be removed from office...
Associated Press - November 19, 2009 8:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislators hope to conclude a special session Thursday, with House and Senate voting scheduled on bills to close about a...
Associated Press - November 18, 2009 5:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislators want to start from scratch on possibly revising a law protecting homeowners from post-foreclosure...
Associated Press - November 18, 2009 5:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A Republican package of bills to take a slice out of Arizona's projected $2 billion budget shortfall now awaits formal voting by...
Associated Press - November 18, 2009 2:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Advocacy groups for education, social services and state employees are urging Arizona legislators to discard proposals for midyear...
Associated Press - November 18, 2009 10:54 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) - West Virginia Sen. Robert C. Byrd has now been on Capitol Hill longer than any lawmaker in congressional history.
Associated Press - November 18, 2009 9:24 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - For the first time ever, Arizona needs to borrow money to pay its bills. State Treasurer Dean Martin estimates the state...
Associated Press - November 4, 2009 1:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A key Arizona lawmaker says Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Jan Brewer have a tentative plan for action to partially close...
Associated Press - October 5, 2009 4:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A divided Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a cost-cutting plan to cope with a $1 million shortfall in its state...
Associated Press - October 5, 2009 3:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A prominent business advocacy group has withdrawn its endorsement of Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal for a temporary sales tax increase...
Associated Press - October 2, 2009 4:04 PM ET SEATTLE (AP) - Mesa, Ariz., is the 1,000th city to sign the U.S. Conference of Mayors' climate change agreement.
Associated Press - September 30, 2009 7:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Legislative budget analysts agree that the shortfall in the current state budget could hit $1.5 billion.
Associated Press - September 29, 2009 8:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - State and federal court judges hold hearings Tuesday on challenges to a new Arizona law restricting abortion.
Associated Press - September 24, 2009 4:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona appellate court says a trial judge was correct to dismiss election law charges against a state legislator.
Associated Press - September 21, 2009 4:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Members of a legislative task force starting a review of an income tax break provided for donations for private school...
Associated Press - September 14, 2009 1:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A newly enacted Arizona law that imposes restrictions on abortions is being challenged in court.
Associated Press - September 14, 2009 12:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizonans are being invited to help decorate the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree this year.
Associated Press - September 13, 2009 4:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The budget slashing might not be over for Phoenix just seven months after the city made its largest cuts in history.
Associated Press - August 25, 2009 2:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Budget negotiations have resumed at the Arizona Capitol, with Democratic leaders presenting their Republican counterparts and Gov.
Associated Press - August 11, 2009 8:24 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Legislature bumps up against a deadline Tuesday for putting Gov. Jan Brewer's proposed sales tax hike on the Nov.
Associated Press - August 10, 2009 1:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate will reconvene Monday afternoon in hopes of trying to pass a budget-balancing plan that GOP leaders have...
Associated Press - August 7, 2009 6:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate adjourned Friday without voting on a budget-balancing plan that contains Gov.
Associated Press - August 7, 2009 11:54 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate will reconvene Friday afternoon after having twice postponed a vote on a budget-balancing plan that contains Gov.
If Tucson was the bull's eye, then state lawmakers made a couple of direct hits this year. One of them is very expensive.
Associated Press - August 4, 2009 4:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona state senator resigned from her leadership post Tuesday, citing philosophical differences with other Republican leaders on...
Associated Press - August 4, 2009 1:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature returns Tuesday afternoon to its special session focusing on closing a state budget deficit estimated at more...
Associated Press - July 30, 2009 5:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislators are back at work in their special session, with no sign so far that a Republican budget-balancing has enough...
Associated Press - July 30, 2009 5:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A bill that's part of a Republican budget-balancing package has a provision to repeal a controversial new state law weakening a legal...
Associated Press - July 29, 2009 8:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and a top Republican legislative leader say they have a "tentative agreement" on a budget-balancing plan that...
Associated Press - July 29, 2009 6:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A legislator who sponsored a new state law to weaken a legal protection for property owners after foreclosures now supports a proposed...
Associated Press - July 29, 2009 4:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislatures are convening to consider a Republican budget-balancing plan that House Speaker Kirk Adams says would put two...
Associated Press - July 29, 2009 12:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature reconvenes Wednesday afternoon as Republican leaders try to corral support for a GOP budget-balancing...
Associated Press - July 22, 2009 7:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Legislative leaders are continuing bipartisan talks aimed at closing the state's big budget shortfall.
Associated Press - July 9, 2009 7:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan Brewer is starting to act on the approximately 200 bills approved during the Legislature's regular session.
Associated Press - July 8, 2009 5:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan Brewer has signed three bills to restore public school funding and the state's eligibility for federal stimulus...
Associated Press - July 6, 2009 6:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A special session of the Arizona Legislature is under way, with lawmakers proposing to restore vetoed state funding for K-12 public...
Associated Press - July 6, 2009 5:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A special session of the Arizona Legislature is under way, with lawmakers being briefed Monday on the state's budget troubles in the...
Associated Press - July 6, 2009 2:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Legislative budget analysts say Arizona "appears to be temporarily out of compliance" with an eligibility requirement for $1 billion of...
Associated Press - July 6, 2009 3:04 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislators report back to work Monday, only days after ending a marathon regular session.
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 9:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan Brewer's veto of education spending bills leaves Arizona without a K-12 education budget as some school districts prepare to...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 10:54 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature has finally adjourned its 2009 regular session, a marathon dominated by work on the state's budget...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 10:34 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate's front doors were briefly locked Wednesday morning at the order of a majority staff official who indicated the...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 9:24 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate has approved a bill to allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a business that serves...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 9:24 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan Brewer's administration is telling state workers to report to work as scheduled though the governor has not yet acted on...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 8:04 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona House has defeated a bill to criminalize illegal immigrants' presence in the state.
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 6:04 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature has completed action on budget bills to implement most of a compromise $8.4 billion budget negotiated with Gov.
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 5:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona lawmakers have approved a bill to reauthorize the state Department of Environmental Quality.
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 4:44 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate wants to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants in the state.
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 4:34 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona senators have approved a proposal to legalize some fireworks. The Senate's 17-10 vote early Wednesday sends the measure...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 4:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Legislature's work on a budget for the new fiscal year went into overtime as lawmakers failed to meet a deadline set by the...
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 2:54 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona House has approved nine bills to implement most of a compromise budget negotiated with Gov.
Associated Press - July 1, 2009 1:14 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Amid continued uncertainty about the state's budget, Gov. Jan Brewer's office says she has directed the state's public safety agencies...
Associated Press - June 30, 2009 2:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A state lawmaker says his proposal to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants in Arizona remains alive as the Legislature tries...
Associated Press - June 30, 2009 1:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A state Senate panel has dealt a major setback to a proposed budget compromise as lawmakers face a midnight deadline to avoid a state...
Associated Press - June 30, 2009 1:44 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The sponsor of a bill that would have allowed people to carry concealed weapons without a permit says she is holding the bill until...
Associated Press - June 30, 2009 8:04 AM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislators face a midnight deadline to approve a new budget to close a big revenue shortfall and prevent a possible state...
Associated Press - June 27, 2009 8:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona legislators are done for the weekend, with an Arizona House committee unexpectedly postponing action on controversial tax...
Associated Press - June 27, 2009 6:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Senators beat back an attempt to remove a ban on state highway speed enforcement cameras from a bill moving through the Arizona...
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 9:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A bill to make it harder to successfully sue emergency medical providers for alleged malpractice has been approved by the Arizona...
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 8:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Gov. Jan Brewer's administration says it is now disclosing responses by state agencies directed to say which services could continue...
Associated Press - June 26, 2009 8:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona lawmakers have changed a bill that would allow gun owners to keep firearms in their locked vehicle while parked at businesses...
Associated Press - June 25, 2009 7:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A state Senate committee has resurrected a measure banning photo radar on Arizona highways.
Associated Press - June 25, 2009 2:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - An Arizona House committee has made dramatic changes to a Senate-passed bill allowing people with concealed weapons permits to carry...
Associated Press - June 24, 2009 9:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A lobbyist representing liquor license holders says his organization has reached a deal to support a bill that would allow guns in...
Associated Press - June 23, 2009 5:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona House has passed a bill that would lower fines for drivers who violate a state law against obscuring the word "Arizona" on...
Associated Press - June 23, 2009 2:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - It's now up to the Arizona Supreme Court to decide whether to rule on Gov. Jan Brewer's lawsuit against the Legislature and her...
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 6:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A proposed constitutional amendment approved by the Arizona Senate would give the Legislature new authority to loosen voter-approved...
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 6:14 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - Arizonans will vote next year on a proposed state constitutional amendment to generally prohibit state and local governments from...
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 5:54 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A bill to generally prohibit sending text messages while driving has failed to emerge from the Arizona Senate.
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 5:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona House has approved a bill to allow waste tires to be used as fill in abandoned mines.
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 4:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate wants to put new strings on any efforts by state government to restrict greenhouse gas emissions and participate in...
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 3:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Arizona Senate has voted to make it harder to successfully sue emergency medical providers for alleged malpractice.
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 3:24 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Legislature is giving Arizonans a second chance to vote on a state Constitutional amendment to provide new rights to make choices...
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 3:04 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - The Senate has approved a bill that could set the stage for construction of toll highways.
Associated Press - June 22, 2009 12:34 PM ET PHOENIX (AP) - A measure in the Arizona Legislature that would allow people to carry concealed weapons into places that serve alcohol has upset some...
Local businesses say it's a federal issue, but welcome the state taking charge.
