Posts Tagged ‘Arizona’
Arizona Dem AG Wants to be Governor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:57 Written by rslcpol Monday, 5 April 2010 01:55
From KSWT News:
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard says he’s willing to consider tax increases by closing “loopholes” to help balance the state’s budget.
Goddard stated that position while answering questions from reporters Monday during a Phoenix news conference to kick off his campaign for governor.
Goddard said the state must “live with the fallout” from the budget proposed by Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and approved by the Republican-led Legislature.
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Arizona: Senate Committee Approves Health Care Suit
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:03 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 31 March 2010 01:30
From INO.com:
Arizona House and Senate committees have approved legislation authorizing Gov. Jan Brewer to challenge the federal health care overhaul in court.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a pair of bills Tuesday on a 4-2 party-line vote. The House Appropriations Committee approved similar bills on an 8-4 party-line vote. The measures next go to the House and Senate floors and could be considered as early as Wednesday. All 53 Republicans in both chambers have signed on as co-sponsors.
Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard has declined to join more than a dozen other states in filing suit to block President Barack Obama’s health overhaul bill.
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AZ: Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Sue Over Health Care
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:03 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 30 March 2010 01:32
From TriStateOnline:
Republican lawmakers on Monday introduced legislation that would allow Arizona to participate in a lawsuit challenging the federal health care overhaul, a move that was criticized by Democrats who said the Legislature should instead focus on restoring cuts to children’s health care.
The legislation declares that the federal government has no constitutional authority to mandate the purchase of health coverage and allows Republican Gov. Jan Brewer to hire a lawyer to sue on the state’s behalf.
It’s not clear if Arizona would join an existing lawsuit or file its own.
The measure is co-sponsored by all 18 Republicans in the Senate and all 35 Republicans in the House. No Democrats signed on.
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AZ: Governor and Attorney General Conflicted on Suing over Health Care
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:13 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 25 March 2010 01:35
From The Arizona Republic:
Gov. Jan Brewer could call a special session of the Legislature next week as part of her effort to block the enactment of federal health-care reform in Arizona.
Brewer is in talks with legislative leaders to call a session that would give her explicit permission to sue the federal government on the state’s behalf over the legislation signed into law Tuesday by President Barack Obama.
Her goal is to block the federal government from requiring residents to purchase insurance. Brewer, who has issued several statements against what she calls an unfunded mandate, also has concerns about the way revenue from the law will be apportioned, her spokesman said.
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AZ: Republican Takes over Senate Seat
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:46 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 3 March 2010 02:20
From the Arizona Republic:
Frank Antenori, the state’s newest senator, faces a short trip across the Capitol courtyard to move into his new office.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday named the Tucson Republican to fill the seat that Sen. Jonathan Paton vacated last week to run for Congress.
Antenori has been a lawmaker for 14 months, serving in the House of Representatives. His move from the House to the Senate will create yet another legislative vacancy, which the Pima County board will have to fill.
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AZ: Secretary of State Backs Overhaul of Campaign Finance Laws
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 02:55 Written by rslcpol Friday, 26 February 2010 01:06
From AZCapitolTimes:
Arizona’s elections chief says the state needs to overhaul a portion of its campaign finance laws to maintain an informed electorate after the nation’s top court gave corporations the ability to pay for political advertisements.
“I think part of being an informed voter is knowing as much about the candidates as possible, and any other voices that start to weigh in,” said Secretary of State Ken Bennett.
Bennett is pushing for a change to the state’s campaign finance laws that would require corporations and labor unions to report expenditures above certain amounts. For statewide races, that level would be $5,000; in legislative races, expenditures above $2,500 would need to be reported; and expenses above $1,000 in city, county and town elections would trigger a report.
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AZ: State Senator Running for Congress
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:02 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 23 February 2010 01:47
From kvoa.com:
State Sen. Jonathan Paton is resigning from the Legislature to run for Congress.
Paton announced during a floor speech Monday that it is his last day in the Legislature.
The Tucson Republican’s resignation had been expected, as Paton has said running for Congress while serving in the Legislature amounts to two full-time jobs.
He’s running in a multi-candidate Republican primary field for the 8th Congressional District seat held by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords.
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AZ: Republican Set to run for Attorney General
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:07 Written by rslcpol Friday, 19 February 2010 01:14
From The Arizona Republic:
Saying he would best uphold the office’s standards of fairness and justice, Superintendent of Schools Tom Horne on Thursday announced his candidacy for attorney general.
“Today I am announcing that I am running for attorney general so that I can continue to make conservative principles work for the taxpayers,” said Horne, who has led the Department of Education since 2002.
Horne said that if elected, his top priorities would be to fight crime, secure the border and “create a legal climate favorable to economic growth to attract jobs.”
The announcement, which has been expected for months, made Horne the second candidate to file paperwork for the Republican nomination. Tajudeen Oladiran, a Chandler attorney, also has filed paperwork.
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AZ: Republican Appointed to the Senate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:18 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 11 February 2010 12:55
From AZDailySun.com:
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has appointed a Scottsdale man to the Arizona Senate.
Attorney and businessman Ed Bunch is a Republican. He replaces former Republican Sen. Jim Waring, who resigned last month to run for Congress.
Bunch co-owns a printing equipment manufacturing company and has served on the board of a nonprofit that helps in adoptions and family counseling.
Bunch has said he will not run for the seat in November.
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AZ: Candidates Nominated for Empty State Senate Seat
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 03:35 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 3 February 2010 02:58
From AZCapitolTimes.com:
The Republican precinct committee from District 6 has nominated their district chairman, a party activist and a veteran committeeman to fill the Senate seat left vacant when Pamela Gorman resigned last week.
GOP Legislative District 6 Chairman David Braswell, activist Lori Klein and veteran committeeman Bob Haran were picked as the possible replacements during a two-hour meeting on Feb. 1.
The next step is for the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to appoint a new senator from among the three nominees. But they might only have to decide between Braswell and Klein, because Haran on Feb. 2 announced that he would support Braswell.
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