PHOENIX (AP) — A long-awaited state budget that funds operations for the fiscal year beginning July 1 was introduced Tuesday in the Arizona Senate and could come up for a vote later this week, clearing the way for a debate on Gov. Jan Brewer's Medicaid expansion.
Senate President Andy Biggs said the 10 bills will move through the Appropriations Committee and should reach the Senate floor on Thursday.
The bills don't include Medicaid expansion, which is expected to be tacked on as a floor amendment. That would result in a debate on Medicaid expansion in the Senate, a long-awaited move on the Republican governor's top priority for 2013.
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