By Bob ChristieCapitol Media ServicesPHOENIX — Republicans who control the Arizona Legislature have reached a deal on a pared-down state budget after lengthy talks with Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs and were working Tuesday to brief their members with an eye on potentially voting on the spending plan in the coming days.Senate President Warren Petersen confirmed that an agreement that addresses an estimated $1.8 billion deficit in the current and upcoming budget years had been struck. He declined to release any details until the 16 Senate Republicans had been briefed on the spending plan.”We’ve got a deal with the governor’s office and we’re (meeting) with our members right now, and I believe the Democrats are doing the same thing,” Petersen said Tuesday morning. “I want to make sure we’ve got everybody on board and then it will go out.”Senate Minority Leader Mitzi Epstein was headed to her own briefi …
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