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From the desk of Robert Rappaport on Wednesday, July 1st 2009 at 6:14

AZ BUDGET PASSED

State lawmakers worked through the night and passed a budget, but it is not yet signed into law as of this writing.

The Arizona Legislature has completed action on nine budget bills to implement most of a compromise $8.4 billion budget negotiated with Governor Jan Brewer. Lawmakers wrapped up work on the legislation a few hours after missing the midnight deadline set by the state Constitution for approval of a budget. It’s now up to governor brewer to sign or veto the package.

The proposed budget lacked a tax increase and cuts more than $600 million from state spending. Brewer always has maintained a temporary tax increase was key to her signing any budget. If Brewer vetoes the budget, the state could lose its spending authority and that could trigger a partial government shutdown. Parts of state government already have begun to shut down as Arizona's state parks system started closing and campers in some areas were ordered to leave late last night.

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