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Archive of Arizona on Wednesday July 01, 2009
AZ: Legislature approves budget plan; Brewer's stance unclear
Legislators gave final approval to a 2010 state-budget plan early Wednesday morning and now await word on whether Gov. Jan Brewer will accept it or force budget negotiations to begin anew. Read More
AZ: Arizona Legislature misses deadline, but passes budget
State lawmakers finally approved a $8.4 billion budget early Wednesday morning — three hours after their midnight deadline and without the sales tax ballot referral Gov. Jan Brewer wants. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More
AZ: Democrats offer budget support in exchange for concessions
Democrats, who have been trying to get to the budget-negotiating table for weeks, offered their support for the budget compromise plan in exchange for certain concessions. Read More
AZ: Public vote on sales tax plan alive again
The Senate Rules Committee late Tuesday resuscitated the measure that would refer a temporary sales tax increase to the November ballot. Read More
AZ: Future of dozens of bills uncertain in budget wake
With lawmakers scrambling to resolve the budget crisis, they left many of the more than 70 bills on Tuesday's agendas untouched. Read More
AZ: Many agencies brace to close; public safety will be top priority
Without a budget resolution late Tuesday, there was widespread uncertainty about how state government would function today. Read More
AZ: Arizona House rejects immigration enforcement bill
With many members absent, the Arizona House early Wednesday defeated a bill to criminalize the presence of all illegal immigrants in the state and draw local police officers deeper into the fight against illegal immigration. Read More
AZ: State lawmakers approve bill allowing guns in bars
The Arizona Senate has approved a bill to allow people with concealed weapons permits to carry a gun into a business that serves alcohol. Read More
AZ: Ariz. state workers to report to work as scheduled
Gov. Jan Brewer's administration is telling state workers to report to work as scheduled though the governor has not yet acted on budget bills approved by the Legislature overnight. Read More
AZ: Budget struggle down to the wire
A testy and divided Legislature battled into the night Tuesday, preparing to send Gov. Jan Brewer a budget plan for fiscal 2010 that would cut more than $600 million from state spending but keep government doors open. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
US: States struggle to meet budget deadlines
Indiana lawmakers beat their deadline and passed a state budget early Tuesday evening, but in five other states, budget deals for the 2010 fiscal year remained in limbo, as legislators made last-minute efforts to avert shutdowns. Read More |
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