PHOENIX — The Arizona Legislature passed a controversial bipartisan state budget on Saturday evening. Lawmakers worked late into the night to discuss how they would close the $1.4 billion deficit.

Lawmakers passed ... described the budget as a reality of divided government. "We put together a bipartisan budget," Senate President Warren Petersen told the Arizona Republic.

The Legislature is required by the Arizona Constitution to produce a balanced budget for the ... resolved before July 1. Lawmakers used some of their time on Friday to pass several bills unrelated ...

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Rank and file members of the Arizona Legislature are on another break as Republican leaders continue to negotiate a budget ...

The Arizona State Senate is on break indefinitely as select lawmakers work behind the scenes on a new state spending plan.

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PHOENIX — Arizona lawmakers approved a bipartisan budget deal Saturday that erases a $1.4 billion shortfall by curbing spending on higher education, trimming funding for state agencies and ...