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	<title>Analysis Online: Governing Arizona</title>
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	<title>Budget Snafu: Met the Enemy and It Is Us</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004113&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[California voters and lawmakers have become their own worst enemy, virtually guaranteeing budget shortfalls year after year, reports the Sacramento Bee. AnalysisOnline finds similar trends in another western state: Arizona.]]></description>
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	<title>Seeking a Lockdown on Prison Costs</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004081&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[A move is made in one western state to cut its prison population, but not aggressively enough to  end overcrowding or a budget deficit, reports the <em><a target="new" href="http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-legis12-2009sep12,0,6660412.story">Los Angeles Times</a></em>. <em>AnalysisOnline</em> examines the  rising cost of incarceration.&nbsp;]]></description>
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	<title>Arizona: Cutting Health Coverage for the Working Poor</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004079&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Nearly 10,000 parents of children who receive healthcare insurance under  Arizona&rsquo;s KidsCare program will lose their coverage at the end of this month,  reports the <em><a target="new" href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2009/09/08/20090908insurancecuts0908.html?source=nletter-news">Arizona Republic</a></em>. <em>AnalysisOnline </em>provides  perspective.]]></description>
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	<title>Arizona: Budget Deficit Persists</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004080&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Efforts to address one of the biggest state deficits (as a percentage of  operating revenue) are mired in political discord, reports the <em><a target="new" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/us/06arizona.html?_r=1&amp;ref=us">New York Times</a></em>. <em>AnalysisOnline</em> looks at key issues  in Arizona&rsquo;s fiscal troubles.<br />
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	<title>Arizona Republic: Arizona Budget: What to Do?</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140003833&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Arizona, in a special session this week, tries to break the budget gridlock, fill a $3 billion gap, and lay the groundwork for future economic recovery, reports the <a target="new" href="http://www.azcentral.com/news/election/azelections/articles/2009/07/05/20090705special-session0705.html">Arizona Republic</a>.]]></description>
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	<title>State Budgets: Fight to the Finish</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140003834&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Arizona&rsquo;s shortfall &ndash; 30 percent of its budget &ndash; puts it at the top of states in dire straits with just hours until FY 2010 begins, reports the <em><a target="new" href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2009/06/ten-states-were-scrambling-monday-to-pass-budgets-before-a-tuesday-deadline-with-a-handful----including-arizona-indiana-and.html">Los Angeles Times</a></em>. Budget problems will be far from over, even if the deadline is met, <em>AO</em> notes.]]></description>
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	<title>Construction Vital to Economic Recovery</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140003835&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Existing housing sales were up in May for a second consecutive month, but one third of activity was due to foreclosures and short sales, reports the<em> Wall Street Journal. </em><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0)">Construction activity tells a bigger story, as illustrated in the example of Arizona. </span><em><br />
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	<title>Arizona: Will a Sales Tax Increase Help or Hurt?</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004082&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Arizona&rsquo;s governor wants a 1 percent sales tax increase to address a $4 billion  deficit, a move GOP lawmakers have resisted. States are in turmoil over  declining revenues, reports the <em><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124398568837379031.html" target="new">Wall  Street Journal</a></em>.&nbsp;]]></description>
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	<title>Tax Reform or Shell Game?</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004083&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[In the interest of growing revenue to balance state budgets, a variety of tax  reform proposals are being floated. An <em><a href="http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/viewpoints/articles/2009/05/30/20090530robb31.html" target="new">Arizona Republic </a></em>columnist says shifting more tax burden  onto localities and businesses isn&rsquo;t the answer.<br />
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	<title>Resources</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140003838&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[<span style="color: #0000ff"><em><strong><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span>Go</span><span>verning Arizona</span></span></span></strong></em><span style="color: #000000"><span style="font-size: 13px"><span> will be providing many resources to leaders in all sectors and the public through which to understand the economic challenges facing the state.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span>]]></description>
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	<title>Poverty: Cycling Back?</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004084&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Childhood poverty is growing, the <em><a href="http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/25/hard-times-for-the-kids/?hp" target="new">New York Times </a></em>reports. <em>AnalysisOnline</em> finds states  higher in immigrants and people with a high school diploma or less, such as  Arizona, face a tougher challenge.&nbsp;]]></description>
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	<title>Are Tax Increases the Only Way?</title>
	<link>http://ao.finalweb.net/site/aoarticle_display.asp?sec_id=140002434&amp;news_id=140004085&amp;issue_id=9</link>
	<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
	<description><![CDATA[Arizona&rsquo;s governor splits from currently popular methods of closing state budget  gaps by urging voters to approve a 1-percent increase in the state&rsquo;s sales tax,  reports the <em><a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2009/05/11/daily75.html" target="new">Phoenix Business Journal</a></em>.&nbsp;]]></description>
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