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Last Updated on Monday, 13 July 2009 01:31 Written by rslcpol Monday, 13 July 2009 01:31
From YourWestValley.com:
PHOENIX — Arizona’s part-time legislators are on the job in midsummer after their inability to work out an on-time solution to the state’s budget trouble led them to crack a barrier they hoped to avoid.
The annual regular session starts in January and has adjourned in May or June in recent years. This year, it ran 7½ hours into July 1 before lawmakers approved a new budget and finished action on other bills.
The same day, Gov. Jan Brewer promptly vetoed big parts of the budget and called lawmakers into special session starting July 6 to rework the spending plan to her liking.