Eye on the 9th Floor

• They did it!!

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  After a weekend of anticipation, the legislature met today (a few hours later then planned) and approved on party lines $300 million in cuts from the state budget. The Senate started off the morning looking for Democratic votes but after last weeks AWOL, Sen Thayer Verschoor was in the [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 4:06pm EST
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• Special Session Stopped Short - Governor Reacts

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  Earlier this week, Governor Brewer called a special session to cut over $300 million from the State's budget. The special session didn't go as planned, as Senator Vershoor opted not to vote for the fix because of disagreements with other policy issues. Not a single Democrat voted for the' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:02pm EST
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• Governor Calls Special Session

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  And they're back! The governor this afternoon called a 3-day special session that will start tomorrow at noon. Kirk Adams officially announced it through his Twitter Account.
  The session is expected to only address cuts, anywhere from $300M to $700M.
  We will post all of the details as we' [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:41pm EST
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• Governor Brewer Announces Re-Election Bid

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  Governor Brewer announced tonight that she is indeed running for a full official term as Governor. Her release, sent by email is below.
  

  Governor Jan Brewer Announces Bid for Second Term

  Former Attorney General Grant Woods and Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary Peters announced as Campaign Co‐Chairs

  PHOENIX [...]

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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 10:27pm EST
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• Special Session and a Bob Burns Editorial

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  Just because it is November, doesn't mean we can't welcome back our legislature with open arms. Come the week of November 16th we'll do just that. Reports say that is when lawmakers will return to fix almost a half a billion dollars in shortfalls with almost $300 million of that' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 2:14pm EST
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• Arizona- Home to the nations two largest canyons

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  How fitting for Gov. Brewer to speaking about the budget deficit at one of the seven wonders of the world. At the Arizona Town Hall, Brewer took advantage of the scenic landscape to paint a picture not quite as beautiful but definitely as breathtaking. That picture would be the [...]
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  Posted: November 03, 2009, 9:41am EST
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