
Stacey Barchenger
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Reporter covering Arizona’s @GovernorHobbs and @AZAGMayes for The Arizona Republic | @azcentral. Story ideas welcome. stacey.barchenger@arizonarepublic.com
Phoenix, AZ
Joined November 2009
RT @raystern: "Acknowledging the House's recent battle to reduce spending in the new state budget, (House Speaker) Montenegro noted the pro….
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AZ @GovernorHobbs says she's “looking forward to getting paid back" and "can't imagine us not asking" for reimbursement for cost to put shipping containers at border during Ducey admin. Money is in Trump's budget bill. Background via @azcentral:
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From @raystern: A nonprofit legal group is challenging a $2 million state appropriation to horse racing, making it clear in an email to the @AZAGMayes' Office this wouldn't be its first rodeo. via @azcentral.
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AZ Supreme Court Justice Clint Bolick: "Due process is the most foundational legal principle protecting individual liberty in Western civilization. It dates back to the Magna Carta. It does not deserve to be in quote marks." By @taylorseely95 @azcentral.
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RT @maryjpitzl: Trump-backed Big Beautiful Bill passes. Here's how Arizona's GOP congressmen voted via @azcentral.
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I got to guest host The Gaggle @azcpodcasts with @maryjpitzl this week, talking to Arizona @GovernorHobbs on the state’s bipartisan budget, what she’s gotten done in 3 years, and looming funding cuts from the feds.
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From @GantzTori: "A series of bills @GovernorHobbs signed into law this year addresses those issues by playing into the priorities of far-right organizations which have shaped Trump-era domestic policy."
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From @maryjpitzl on @azdemparty drama: "But given increasing concerns about the state party's spending patterns, coupled with scant fundraising, it appears to be a rebuke of the party chair.".via @azcentral.
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Birthright citizenship: What’s next for Arizona after Supreme Court limits injunctions? ."This is not over yet, not by a long shot," @AZAGMayes says. By @stephanie_murr via @azcentral.
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From day drinking on a boat to how old you have to be to buy cigs. and other laws that don't involve vices.
These 5 new Arizona laws will affect your life. Here's what they do via @azcentral.
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Improvements coming to @ChaseField after Arizona @GovernorHobbs signs @Diamondbacks funding bill via @azcentral (photo courtesy Hobbs' office)
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Arizona to stave off shutdown as House compromises on budget. Here’s what you need to know from @raystern @maryjpitzl and I via @azcentral
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How Arizona lawmakers ‘stopped time' to avoid a 2009 government shutdown by @maryjpitzl via @azcentral.
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“When you shut down, everyone's embarrassed because it looks like you can’t do your job.”. Here’s what could happen if Arizona doesn’t have a budget by July 1, by @raystern via @azcentral .
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RT @maryjpitzl: After Gov. Katie Hobbs' vetoes, House turns to bipartisan plan to avoid shutdown via @azcentral.
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And with 28 vetoes of the House GOP budgets this afternoon, Arizona @governorhobbs sets a new single-year veto record: 168. via @azcentral.
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We recorded this Gaggle episode for @azcpodcasts on Monday amid AZ state budget uncertainty, worried the news would change. It hasn't. The Capitol is now locked in a game of chicken. Here's what's going on, from me, @raystern, @maryjpitzl & @ronaldjhansen
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Arizona government shutdown looms as Legislature's budget fight becomes (an ongoing) game of chicken. By @raystern and @maryjpitzl via @azcentral.
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