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12 hrs ago | Free Republic

Arizona Governor Election Arpaio Is Strongest GOP Candidate in 2010 Arizona Governor’s Race

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is the Republicans' best shot at holding onto the Arizona governorship in 2010 against likely Democratic candidate Terry Goddard.

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Related Topix: Arizona, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election, Maricopa County, AZ, Janet Napolitano, US Governors

Mon Nov 23, 2009

ABC15.com

State Legislature approves $300 million in spending cuts

The Arizona Legislature has ended its special session after approving a package of bills to eliminate about a quarter of the state's $2 billion shortfall.

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Related Topix: Arizona, US News

Arizona Republic

ASU played key role in bringing Suntech Power to Arizona

Arizona has wooed and won China's king of solar. Zhengrong Shi, the son of dirt-poor peasant farmers who built Suntech Power into a multibillion-dollar giant in less than a decade, has chosen metro Phoenix as its first manufacturing site in the U.S. Arizona didn't score this coup in one fell swoop; it happened through a series of right decisions ...

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Related Topix: Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, Arizona State University, World News, China, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Energy

Sun Nov 22, 2009

WPEC-TV West Palm Beach

Marijuana found in melon shipment

Department of Transportation officials arrested and charged the driver, 31-year-old Richard Garfield Coulton, with marijuana trafficking after Thursday's discovery.

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MyFoxPhoenix

McCain on Healthcare Bill: Hurts Arizona

Arizona Senators John Kyl and John McCain are among those voting against moving forward with the healthcare reform bill.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Arizona, US Senate, John McCain, Republican, 2008 Presidential Election

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Arizona Republic

Montini: If lawsuit fails, Arizona loses

E.J. Montini is a columnist for The Arizona Republic. If lawsuit fails, Arizona loses Gov.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Gay/Lesbian

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Phoenix New Times

Approved! State of Arizona Gets $700 Million Loan Just to Keep Lights On

Remember when banks were lending money to people that had no means of paying it back and the entire economy came crashing down? The Bank of America apparently has no memory of this because it just approved a $700 million loan to the Arizona state government, which happens to already be about $2 billion in the hole.

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Thu Nov 19, 2009

Arizona Daily Star

Senate votes to speed up claim to traveler's checks

PHOENIX a ' Ignoring a potential lawsuit, state senators voted Wednesday to grab hold of the money from traveler's checks that haven't been used or cashed within three years a ' 12 years less than now allowed.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Kentucky, Kentucky Government

ABC15.com

What will Arizona look like in 40 years? See 3 proposals

" What will Arizona look like in 40 years? That is the question the Arizona Department of Transportation is posing to Valley residents this month in hopes of receiving public opinion on several dramatic proposals for the future of the transportation framework.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Wickenburg, AZ, Phoenix, AZ, Phoenix Metro

The Norman Transcript

Fighting a coercion clause

In 2006, long before there was an Obama administration determined to impose a command-and-control federal health care system, a young orthopedic surgeon walked into the Goldwater Institute here with an idea.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Medicaid, Health, US Supreme Court, Opinion

Wed Nov 18, 2009

Northwest Valley News

Groups urge alternatives to Arizona budget cuts

Advocacy groups for education, social services and state employees are urging Arizona legislators to discard proposals for midyear spending cuts and instead borrow and use other alternatives to balance the budget.

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Arizona Republic

ADOT to lay off 115 people

The Arizona Department of Transportation will lay off 115 people before the end of the year as part of efforts to close a $100 million budget gap.

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Related Topix: Arizona, US Politics, US News

Tue Nov 17, 2009

East Valley Tribune

Lawmakers to debate protections for homeowners

State lawmakers are once again trying to remove some legal protections homeowners now have from being pursued by banks if they walk away from their mortgages.

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Home Buying, Arizona

KPHO-TV Phoenix

Suit Seeks To Keep Partner Benefits

A national organization has filed a federal lawsuit to protect domestic partner benefits for gay and lesbian Arizona state employees.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Arizona

Scottsdale Tribune

Mesa OKs Gateway-area movie studio

Arizona's first movie production studio won approval Monday to develop a facility in east Mesa that its developer sees as an inexpensive alternative to Hollywood.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Mesa, AZ

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Arizona Republic

Senate president: Special budget session a go

Arizona has a projected midyear budget shortfall of up to $2 billion, but the to-do list for a special Legislative session planned for this week would close about a quarter of that.

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Related Topix: Arizona, Healthcare Law, Law, US Politics, US News

Deep Thought

Why Arizona, California budget woes have similar causes

As I'm sure virtually everyone in Arizona has heard by now, a report out this week states flatly that Arizona is in the second worst financial shape after California.

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Related Topix: California, Arizona, California Government

Sun Nov 15, 2009

Examiner.com

Arizona police save baby and are sued for 40 million dollars

The family of David Hulstedt filed a 40 million dollar law suit against the City of Scottsdale claiming the Scottsdale Police wrongfully shot him.

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Related Topix: Arizona

Sat Nov 14, 2009

KNXV

Some relief on the way for Arizona's unemployed

There appears to be some relief for millions of people running out of unemployment benefits, after President Obama signed a 20-week extension.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

East Valley Tribune

Report paints bleak fiscal picture for state

Arizona is in danger of going down the same financial path as our neighbor to the west, a new report says.

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Related Topix: Arizona, US News, Janet Napolitano, US Governors

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