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Bad Day In Arizona…

May 02, 2012 Comments Off by

…Four people, including a 2 year-old toddler, were killed by infamous Arizona neo-Nazi/white supremacist JT Ready.From the Arizona Republic, written by Jim Walsh and Lindsey Collom – A border militia leader on Wednesday shot and killed four people at…

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Whining, Posturing, And Wild-eyed Scheming: It’s Silly Season At The Lege

Apr 27, 2012 Comments Off by

The time for real work at the lege has passed.  All of the Democrats and most of the rank-and-file Republicans in the lege are spending their days (metaphorically) twiddling their thumbs.  On Thursday, the Senate didn’t even have a floor…

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The coming week…

Apr 22, 2012 Comments Off by

As usual, all schedules, calendars, and agendas are subject to change without notice…and since it hit 100 degrees in Phoenix this weekend, the non-Maricopa legislators will be pushing hard to get out of town soon, both to avoid the heat and to get bu…

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The coming week…

Apr 08, 2012 Comments Off

As usual, all agendas and calendars are subject to change without notice…Much like last week, there aren’t many things scheduled down at the lege, not because things won’t be happening, but because we’ve reached the point in the session where the mai…

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818

Jan 12, 2012 Comments Off

818.After one (1!) full week of the legislative session, that is how many bills, resolutions, and memorials have been introduced.After *one* week.Guess whoever took the “over” in this year’s pool is smiling right now.Anyway, most of the bills fall…

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Underground mining is one of the most dangerous jobs in America. Sen. John Nelson doesn’t think it’s dangerous enough

Jan 11, 2012 Comments Off

Underground mining has long been one of the most dangerous occupations in America.  At the beginning of the 20th Century, thousands of miners died on the job every year.  By the end of the century, that number was cut to “dozens” because of b…

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Bundgaard’s out, but the fun at the lege never ends…

Jan 08, 2012 Comments Off

…It just reboots……The coda to the 2011 session of the Arizona legislature took place just three days before the convening of the 2012 session.  The Senate Ethics Committee held its inquiry into the actions of Scott “Fists of Fury” Bundgaard …

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AZ Views: It’s Time to Help Arizona Small Business

Jan 08, 2012 Comments Off

Editor’s note: The AZ VIEWS Report is guest opinion, and does not necessarily reflect the views of of Western Free Press. Responses welcome; contact info~at~westernfreepress~dot~com.

 

As the owner of a small business that has been here in Arizona for nearly 60 years, I have seen firsthand …

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Some legislators are going district shopping

Dec 31, 2011 Comments Off

From the Arizona Republic, written by Mary Jo Pitzl – The new legislative district map is living up to its promise of promoting competition, but perhaps not in the way some lawmakers envisioned.With its redrawn political boundaries, the map pits numer…

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Early bill filings for the 2012 session of the legislature

Dec 29, 2011 Comments Off

It’s early, but a number of bills have been pre-filed for the 2012 session of the Arizona legislature.A large number are “technical correction” bills, or bills that exist mostly to serve as shells for strike-everything amendments late in the legis…

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