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  1. article With work on Arizona budget still stalled, Brewer vetoes bills as promised

    Friday, May 24, 2013 6:41 am

    Refusing to blink, Gov. Jan Brewer late Thursday vetoed five bills sent to her this week by Senate President Andy Biggs despite her threat she would do just that.

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  • article Letter: Current government more corrupt than previous 5 combined

    Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:11 pm

    Why is it that when New Orleans was hit by a very strong hurricane, the Democratic party wasted no time demonstrating and condemning the Republican party, the president and all Republicans in congress for not supplying food, shelter and repairing or replacing homes that were completely destroyed by mother nature.

  • article Kerpen: Government can't be trusted with our health

    Wednesday, May 22, 2013 7:04 am

    The government can’t be trusted with our health

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  • article Brewer moratorium on approving legislation in tact until house decides on Medicaid

    Monday, May 20, 2013 5:07 pm

    Saying the Senate vote is not enough, Gov. Jan Brewer won't lift her vow to veto other legislation until lawmakers make more progress on her plan to expand Medicaid.

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  • article Patterson: Media’s coverage of Benghazi disgraceful, but not too late for 4th estate to shine

    Sunday, May 19, 2013 8:12 am

    American journalism has disgraced itself in the matter of the Benghazi terrorist attack.

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  • article Letter: Regressive thinking prominent in politics today

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 2:04 pm

    Regressive thinkers like Paul Ryan and Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, who just had their invalid austerity facts exposed by three researchers from UMass, are running scared now. So scared, in fact, that they are talking CRAZY.

  • article AZ House speaker: Senate-approved Medicaid bill won't pass through house

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 12:03 pm

    The Medicaid expansion plan approved by the Senate late Thursday is pretty much dead on arrival at across the courtyard, House Speaker Andy Tobin said Friday.

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  • article Scarp: Substance, not form, at heart of petition rights

    Saturday, May 18, 2013 7:12 am

    When our nation’s founders wrote the language in the First Amendment guaranteeing the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances,” there were no words describing the form of that petition.

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  • article Arizona Senate approves $8.8 billion budget plan

    Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:45 pm

    State senators approved their version of a new $8.8 billion budget Thursday -- but not before adding millions of dollars to the original Republican plan.

  • article Court rules in favor of Brewer policy that refuses driver's licenses to those in federal 'deferred action' program

    Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:41 pm

    Thousands of Arizonans in the federal "deferred action'' program won't be getting licenses to drive, at least not now.

  • article Arizona Senate approves Brewer's Medicaid expansion plan

    Thursday, May 16, 2013 9:33 pm

    In an historic move, a group of Republican senators united with Democrats Thursday to approve the plan by Gov. Jan Brewer to sharply expand the state's Medicaid program.

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  • article Former Mesa Mayor Wayne Brown dies

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 6:02 pm

    It is with a heavy heart that the City of Mesa announces the passing of Mayor Wayne Brown on Tuesday, May 14. Brown served as Mayor from 1996 to 2000. He also served as a Councilmember from 1968 to 1976.

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  • article Arizona GOP lawmakers make budget proposal

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 11:55 am

    Senate Republicans are proposing a nearly $8.8 billion spending plan for the coming year, a tiny -- 1.6 percent -- hike over current levels.

  • article The Vent: May 15

    Wednesday, May 15, 2013 10:31 am

    “Is the SRP monopoly spending thousands of advertising dollars (consumer electrical power payments) to promote SRP or to promote Mayor Scott Smith’s run for governor?”

  • article AZ house speaker: Brewer's Medicaid proposal unacceptable, let voters decide

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:22 pm

    Calling the governor's proposal unacceptable and politically dead at the Legislature, House Speaker Andy Tobin unveiled his own new plan Tuesday to expand Medicaid, one that would give Arizona voters the final say.

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  • article AmeriCorp looking for young adult summer associates

    Tuesday, May 14, 2013 4:08 pm

    Are you 18 to 24-years-old and looking for a summer job? The AmeriCorps VISTA (Volunteers to Service America) Summer Associates Program is looking for participants.

  • article Plane used as 'Air Force Two' up for auction at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway

    Monday, May 13, 2013 12:55 pm

    If you’ve got at least $50,000 lying around, you can own a piece of American history.

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  • article Push to get Arizona Hispanics to polls fails to make big changes

    Sunday, May 12, 2013 12:00 am

    Three years ago, in the wake of a new Arizona law aimed at those in the country illegally, tens of thousands converged on the Capitol with a message: Today we march, tomorrow we vote.

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  • article Letters: Gilbert’s great reputation being wiped away by elected officials

    Saturday, May 11, 2013 3:36 pm

    At one time, the community of Gilbert had a great reputation. It had great schools and a proud economic future that led to Gilbert being one of the best communities to live in in the United States.

  • article Gov. Brewer vows to veto all bills until state budget and Medicaid progress

    Friday, May 10, 2013 5:39 pm

    Saying she's run out of patience, Gov. Jan Brewer will veto any bills sent to her until she sees movement on a new state budget and her pet Medicaid expansion project.

  • article Brewer makes way for marijuana research on Arizona university campuses

    Wednesday, May 8, 2013 11:26 am

    Gov. Jan Brewer has cleared one hurdle for new research on the possible medical benefits of marijuana.

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  • article Stamper Brown: Is this what intolerance really smells like?

    Wednesday, May 8, 2013 8:00 am

    President Obama’s new “religious tolerance” consultant to the Pentagon, Mikey Weinstein, wants Christian military service members who openly talk about their faith in uniform to be charged with treason, which is a crime punishable by death according to military law.

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  • article Letter: Hard not to be impressed with level of hypocricy

    Tuesday, May 7, 2013 6:08 pm

    Which one would be more hypocritical:

  • article Divided Arizona House overhauls religious freedom bill

    Saturday, May 4, 2013 2:12 pm

    The Arizona House of Representatives has tempered a divisive bill that would expand the state's religious freedom law.

  • article Letter: AZ Medicaid another 'fiscal nightmare'

    Saturday, May 4, 2013 8:22 am

    The fight to expand Medicaid in Arizona continues as Gov. Brewer pushes the Legislature to pursue legislation to expand coverage to include folks up to 133 percent of poverty guidelines.

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