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Arizona Lawmaker: 'Tea Party And Conspiracy Theorists' Run Our State

Posted 04.27.2012

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Arizona Democratic House Minority Leader Chad Campbell vented some frustration about the legislative dealings of his state this week, saying that they...

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State Lawmaker Accused Of Offering Trading Sex For Vote

Arizona Republic | Alia Beard Rau | Posted 04.04.2012

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Tucson Rep. Daniel Patterson will keep his House seat, at least for another week or so....

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Businesses Stick Up For The Jobless -- Against Lawmakers

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.28.2012

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Arizona's business community has mobilized against an effort in the state legislature to make jobless Arizonans pee in cups in order to receive unempl...

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GOP Lawmaker Explains Why Women Should Be Required To Watch Abortion

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.21.2012

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A Republican lawmaker in Arizona said Tuesday that she thinks abortion providers are dishonest with women about the procedure and that is why she emai...

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GOP Legislator Says Women Should Watch Abortions

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.20.2012

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A Republican state legislator in Arizona reportedly wrote an email to a constituent saying that women should witness an abortion before having an abor...

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OOPS! Jobless Drug Test Bill Would Trigger Huge Tax Hike

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Congress told states in February that they could make unemployed people pass drug tests in order to qualify for benefits. Arizona lawmak...

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Arizona Senate Passes Abortion Bill That Would Protect Doctors Against Lawsuits

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.12.2012

The Arizona Senate passed a bill Tuesday that will prohibit medical malpractice lawsuits against doctors who withhold information from a woman that co...

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First State Advances Jobless Drug Tests After Congress' Green Light

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 03.08.2012

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The Arizona State Senate approved a bill this week to require people laid off through no fault of their own to prove they're not on drugs in order to ...

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Arizona House Approves Loaded Guns In School Zones

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 03.07.2012

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The Republican-controlled Arizona House of Representatives has voted to repeal the state's gun-free school zone laws, setting up a potential battle th...

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Lawmakers Propose ALEC Accountability Act In Arizona And Wisconsin

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.10.2012

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Democratic lawmakers in Arizona and Wisconsin have introduced state legislation seeking public disclosure of who funds the conservative group known as...

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Jan Brewer Could Face Wisconsin-Style Measures

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 02.02.2012

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Arizona could become the next Wisconsin as plans for protests, Capitol sit-ins and a potential effort to recall the governor get underway in an effort...

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Jan Brewer's Math Questioned By Dems

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.12.2012

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's plan to buy back the state capitol complex that she sold in 2009 has been met with swift opposition from Democrats in the st...

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Money For Recalled State Official Raises Legal Questions

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.11.2012

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The possibility of state reimbursement for the recalled Arizona Senate president has raised a series of legal questions, as Democrats gear up for the ...

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Democrats Criticize Arizona Governor's Out-Of-State Travel

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 01.03.2012

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Legislative Democrats in Arizona are criticizing Gov. Jan Brewer for leaving the state shortly after calling the state Senate into special session to ...

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Jan Brewer Argues Arizona Redistricting Maps Too Competitive

HuffingtonPost.com | Jordan Howard | Posted 01.01.2012

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UPDATE: The Arizona Senate voted 21-6 Tuesday to remove Colleen Coyle Mathis from her position as chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting ...

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Arizona Birther Bill Is Unconstitutional, Legal Scholars Say

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Gottesdiener | Posted 06.15.2011

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2012 presidential candidates could have one more challenge to getting their name on the ballot: proving to Arizona’s secretary of state that they ar...

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Arizona Legislators Leave Door Open For Cubs Spring Training Departure

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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MESA, Ariz. — Mesa's status as the Chicago Cubs spring training home is in jeopardy now that the Arizona Legislature has adjourned without passi...

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Comprehensive Immigration Reform to Create Jobs and Secure our Future

Reshma Saujani | Posted 05.25.2011

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James Madison once wrote, "America was indebted to immigration for her settlement and prosperity. That part of America which had encouraged immigratio...

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Arizona Lawmaker Rants on House Floor About Bisexual School Principals in Charge of Restrooms

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Barnes is not alone in embarrassing Arizonans this year. Governor Jan Brewer (R) called the capitol a "hell hole."

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AZ Legislature Might Ask For Donations

Marlene H. Phillips | Posted 05.25.2011

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Arizona is in trouble. Facing a $2.2 billion deficit, the state has the second worst fiscal problems in the country (tied with Rhode Island behind California) according to a November Pew Center study.

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Arizonans Aim To Ban National Health Care Plan

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Across the country, people are worried that they might one day be forced to have health insurance. At least, that's what conservatives in the Arizona ...

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Napolitano Departs, AZ GOP Cannibalizes Education to Meet Budget Shortfall

Dawn Teo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Russell Pearce and AZ House Appropriation Committee Chair John Kavanagh are advocating for huge cuts in education funding across Arizona.

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