Topic: Jan Brewer

How Arizona Gun Buybacks Became Gun Sellbacks

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Arizona cities are going into the gun-selling business. Under a new law, no weapon collected during a buyback program can be destroyed. This is not usually how such programs work.

By Philip Bump

Mar 18, 2013

Arizona's Restrictive Voter Registration Rules Head to the Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will hear arguments later today on a challenge to Arizona's Proposition 200, approved in 2004, that required proof of citizenship to vote. If the Court upholds the measure, it could significantly curtail the Latino vote for years.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Feb 21, 2013

What Medicaid-Loving GOP Governors Have in Common

Rick Scott is not alone: Of the seven Republican governors who've betrayed the anti-Obamacare cause, four are in states with very large Latino populations. And watch out — some of these bleeding hearts could be "the future of the GOP."

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By Connor Simpson

Dec 5, 2012

Jan Brewer Punched a Reporter When He Asked About Climate Change

You've been warned: Confront Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer about global warming, and she will curse at you and, maybe, if you're lucky, she'll take a swing at you, too.

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By Dashiell Bennett

Dec 5, 2012

Where In the World Is Governor Jan Brewer? [Update: Found!]

Arizona Governor Jan Brewer isn't "missing," exactly, but she did leave her state three days ago and no one seems to know where she is.

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By Connor Simpson

Aug 15, 2012

Jan Brewer Bans State Benefits for Deferred Actioners

Jan Brewer signed an executive order on Wednesday denying driver's licenses and other public benefits to anyone benefitting from Obama's immigration policy that finally took effect today

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jun 25, 2012

GOP Can't Decide If Immigration Ruling Is Their Victory or Feds' Failure

The Supreme Court's ruling on Arizona's controversial immigration law was confusing for the press, who couldn't decide whether it was a major defeat for President Obama or a victory for the federal government. But Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer was not conflicted at all.

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jun 15, 2012

Neil Munro's Place Among the Obama Interrupters

Periodically in every presidency, a mere mortal interrupts the president at a public event, giving voice to the relatively powerless people who don't like him.

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By Eric Randall

Feb 29, 2012

Judge Issues Yet Another Setback for Arizona Immigration Law

Two years after judges blocked the most controversial parts of a tough Arizona immigration law, a judge has blocked a less publicized part of the law in a move that seems likely to give its opponents even more hope. 

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By Ray Gustini

Jan 27, 2012

Jan Brewer's Book Sales Are Up 1.3 Million Percent; 'War Horse' Gets the Spielberg Bump

The co-chair of the Jaipur Literature Festival explains the decision to cancel Salman Rushdie's video speech, War Horse is a bestseller 30 years in the making, and the high cost of owning a Nook.

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By Dino Grandoni

Jan 27, 2012

Brewer Offered to Buy Obama Lunch Before Their Tarmac Argument

After their heated tarmac encounter, both Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer and President Obama are in explaining mode about what lead to that much-discussed Associated Press photo.

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By Alexander Abad-Santos

Jan 26, 2012

This Is Probably Why Obama and Arizona Governor Jan Brewer Exchanged Words in Phoenix

We don't really know what was said during Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and President Obama's tarmac finger-pointing run-in in Phoenix yesterday, other than that the president took umbrage with his portrayal Brewer's book Scorpions for Breakfast.

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