Advertise with Googlier.com Tobin | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Fri, 22 Mar 2013 00:51:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Tobin | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 LaFaro says he hopes his “Judas’’ comment taught governor a lesson https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/21/republican-leader-says-he-hopes-his-judas-comment-taught-governor-a-lesson/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/21/republican-leader-says-he-hopes-his-judas-comment-taught-governor-a-lesson/#respond Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:51:33 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=57562 The comments by Maricopa County Republican Party chairman A.J. LaFaro equating Gov. Jan Brewer to Judas Iscariot for pushing Medicaid expansion have created a firestorm and led to calls for his resignation.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/21/republican-leader-says-he-hopes-his-judas-comment-taught-governor-a-lesson/feed/ 0 57562 Carter’s Medicaid hearing moved to Appropriations https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/13/carters-medicaid-hearing-moved-to-appropriations/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/13/carters-medicaid-hearing-moved-to-appropriations/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 02:03:45 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=57283 The Legislature’s first public hearing on Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan is moving from the friendly confines of Rep. Heather Carter’s House Health Committee to more hostile territory.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/03/13/carters-medicaid-hearing-moved-to-appropriations/feed/ 1 57283 Senate kills anti-union bill – three times https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/21/senate-kills-anti-union-bill-three-times/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/21/senate-kills-anti-union-bill-three-times/#respond Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:43:34 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=56554 Reversing its stance just a year ago, the Senate today rejected – three times – a proposal to prohibit automatic paycheck deductions for union dues.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/02/21/senate-kills-anti-union-bill-three-times/feed/ 0 56554 Tobin outraises his opponents in District 1 https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/25/andy-tobin-outraises-his-opponents-in-arizona-legislative-district-1/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/25/andy-tobin-outraises-his-opponents-in-arizona-legislative-district-1/#respond Sat, 25 Aug 2012 18:41:17 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=49910 House Speaker Andy Tobin easily outraised his party-mates in the three-way House primary in Northern Arizona, the latest finance reports filed with the Secretary of State showed.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/25/andy-tobin-outraises-his-opponents-in-arizona-legislative-district-1/feed/ 0 49910 Tobin poll: House Speaker leading challengers in LD1 https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/13/andy-tobin-poll-house-speaker-leading-challengers-in-ld1/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/13/andy-tobin-poll-house-speaker-leading-challengers-in-ld1/#respond Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:07:02 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=49320 A poll commissioned by House Speaker Andy Tobin’s re-election campaign shows him leading comfortably, despite a challenge from a Republican state senator who is alleging that the speaker isn’t conservative enough.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/08/13/andy-tobin-poll-house-speaker-leading-challengers-in-ld1/feed/ 0 49320 Andy Tobin’s leadership lessons learned the hard way https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/andy-tobins-leadership-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/andy-tobins-leadership-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/#respond Fri, 25 May 2012 15:09:56 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46152 Andy Tobin was elected speaker of the House just days after Kirk Adams’ resigned to run for Congress at the end of the 2011 legislative session.

While his seven or so months as speaker during the interim could hardly prepare him for the rigors of leading a chamber during a regular session, it’s clear that he learned some lessons for the task ahead. As is often the case, some of those lessons were learned the hard way.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/andy-tobins-leadership-lessons-learned-the-hard-way/feed/ 0 46152 Hard-pressed: Reporters find increasing number of roadblocks to legislative access during 50th https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/media-restrictions-mounted-blocked-access-to-arizona-legislature-in-2012/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/media-restrictions-mounted-blocked-access-to-arizona-legislature-in-2012/#respond Fri, 25 May 2012 14:48:28 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=46146 During the two sessions of the 50th Legislature, members of the press increasingly had to think twice about where they were and were not allowed to go.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/05/25/media-restrictions-mounted-blocked-access-to-arizona-legislature-in-2012/feed/ 0 46146 Don’t give redistricting back to the Legislature https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/17/don%e2%80%99t-give-restricting-back-to-the-legislature/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/17/don%e2%80%99t-give-restricting-back-to-the-legislature/#respond Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:30:01 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/02/17/don%e2%80%99t-give-restricting-back-to-the-legislature/ Five pieces of new legislation introduced by House Speaker Andy Tobin have taken power-grabbing to a whole new level, and would set redistricting back to a time of shadowy legislative deals. We could start by asking the now worn-out phrase, “What part of independent does the Arizona House not understand?”

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/17/don%e2%80%99t-give-restricting-back-to-the-legislature/feed/ 0 43147 The other fight we’ll (probably) never get to see https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/16/the-other-fight-well-probably-never-get-to-see/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/16/the-other-fight-well-probably-never-get-to-see/#respond Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:19:13 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/02/16/the-other-fight-well-probably-never-get-to-see/ Tobin’s attempt to give voters the option of discarding the IRC’s maps in favor of lines that he and a House staffer drew in secret is on life support, but he said today that he’s not giving up on his push for a special election.

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/16/the-other-fight-well-probably-never-get-to-see/feed/ 0 43110 Tobin measure last-ditch effort for new political maps https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/03/tobin-measure-last-ditch-effort-for-new-political-maps/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2012/02/03/tobin-measure-last-ditch-effort-for-new-political-maps/#respond Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:46:08 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/news/2012/02/03/tobin-measure-last-ditch-effort-for-new-political-maps/ A proposal by House Speaker Andy Tobin may give Republicans one last chance to rid themselves of congressional and legislative maps they’ve fought so hard to eliminate.

The Paulden Republican wants a November ballot measure that would overhaul the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. The proposal would expand the IRC to 12 members, eliminate a panel that nominates commissioners, and impose state open meeting law on the commission.

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