Brewer unveils $8.96 billion budget proposal
Gov. Jan Brewer unveiled an $8.96 billion budget proposal Friday that restores some funding for schools, offers state workers their first pay raise in five years and tends to Arizona's ailing technological infrastructure.
The Legislature passed Brewer's $8.8 billion state budget and Medicaid expansion after months of stalled negotiations, tense debates and political maneuvering from both sides.