Arizona politicians shocked: women have breasts!
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Rep. Russell Pearce (R-Mesa), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, added a footnote to the state's budget on March 8 that specified "no state funding for university student newspapers," according to The Associated Press. The proposed budget will face a vote on the House floor and approval from the Senate before moving to the governor's desk for approval. The new budget, once approved, will take effect on July 1.
Rep. Steve Gallardo (D-Tolleson), also an appropriations committee member, said Pearce added the footnote because he received complaints about the photograph of a woman's breast appearing on the cover of an October 2004 edition of Arizona State University's weekly State Press student magazine. A column about oral sex techniques that appeared in Northern Arizona University's Lumberjack weekly student newspaper in 2004 was also a factor, Pearce told the Associated Press.
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