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Arizona: Jeanine L'ecuyer

January 14, 2009 - 12:43 am
NEWS FEED: East Valley Tribune

4-year forecast dire for state revenue

Arizona businesses and consumers are going to keep their money in their pockets until they think it's safe, according to members of a panel of economists. That means spending - and the state tax collections that mirror it - likely won't get back to pre-recession levels for another four years, if then.

The consensus of members of the Finance Advisory Committee is that tax collections this budget year will hit just $7.8 billion. That compares with more than $9.6 billion just two years ago.

Collections will slide even further next year, to just $7.6 billion.

After that, things will get better - but not fast: Tax collections will still be below $8 billion the year after that, and just $8.

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Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:23

McCain congratulates Napolitano on possible DHS offer

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Gov. Janet Napolitano's spokeswoman confirmed Thursday that U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Phoenix) called to congratulate her on being the "top contender' for the job of Secretary of Homeland Security in President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet. 

A release put out by McCain Thursday said:

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Mon, 11/10/2008 - 20:23

UPDATED: Napolitano to testify in D.C. Thursday

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Gov. Janet Napolitano is flying to Washington, D.C. Wednesday night to appear before a congressional committee Thursday, her spokeswoman told PolitickerAZ.com.

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Mon, 09/22/2008 - 18:08

Napolitano may hit Colorado for Obama

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Plans are being formulated that would send Gov. Janet Napolitano back out on the stump for Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama, according to Napolitano's office.

The governor, who has already campaigned on behalf of the senator from Illinois in the swing states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida in the past few weeks, would be going to Colorado for Obama.

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Fri, 09/05/2008 - 17:37

Napolitano to stump for Obama

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

[img_assist|nid=2198|title=Gov. Janet Napolitano|desc=|link=none|align=left|width=71|height=100]Gov. Janet Napolitano expects to be appearing on the campaign trail and in the media on behalf of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama, according to Napolitano spokeswoman Jeanine L'Ecuyer.

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Fri, 08/22/2008 - 21:18

TIME troubles divide consultant community

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

As the TIME Coalition tries to fight its way back onto the ballot through the courts, there are a lot of questions being asked about how the Coalition - backed by Gov. Janet Napolitano and supported by some of the top political consultantcy firms in Arizona - found itself in this position.

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Thu, 06/12/2008 - 17:33

Napolitano not fazed by inclusion on 'traitor list'

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

Despite her inclusion on at least one Clinton supporter's list of personae non gratae, Gov. Janet Napolitano, who backed U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) against U.S. [img_assist|nid=1467|title=Gov. Janet Napolitano|desc=Getty Images Photo|link=none|align=middle|width=420|height=284]Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-N.Y.) early in the presidential primary process, sees no reason for alarm, according to her spokeswoman.

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Thu, 03/20/2008 - 21:50

INTERVIEW WITH DEAN MARTIN: "Chicken Little...was right"

By Evan Brown, PolitickerAZ.com Reporter

On Wednesday morning, State Treasurer Dean Martin gave a presentation during which he predicted the state would “be running RED INK in as little as five weeks if a revised budget is not passed,” and that "without immediate intervention, the General Fund will be overdrawn as soon as April 23 but no later than May 5." The Governor's office, while saying it "recognizes urgency of budget si

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