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Article: Arizona Attorney General pursues law against price gouging.
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- The Tribune (Mesa, AZ)
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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Byline: John Yantis
Dec. 1--Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard renewed his effort Wednesday to pass a law against price gouging at a meeting of more than 40 state attorneys general at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
Despite state lawmakers who have shot down the idea the last two years, Goddard said he would push again for a statute in the upcoming legislative session.
"We need to help consumers and keep prices down," he said, adding the law would only be triggered following a state of emergency or a supply disruption somewhere else in the country that would lead to gouging in the Valley.
Goddard and others state attorneys general ...