How Apple ramped up its lobbying in AZ, including hiring Gov. Ducey's ex-chief of staff, amid a proposed bill to let app devs to use 3rd-party payment systems (Emily Birnbaum/Protocol)

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How Apple ramped up its lobbying in AZ, including hiring Gov. Ducey’s ex-chief of staff, amid a proposed bill to let app devs to use 3rd-party payment systems  —  Arizona State Rep. Regina Cobb hadn’t even formally introduced her app store legislation last month when Apple and Google started storming into the state to lobby against it.