Democrats hold competing rallies at Wyndham

Arizonans turned out in record numbers Feb. 5. Here’s a roundup of quotes from voters leaving polling stations and on the campus of ASU.Jamie Cowgill, 48, of Scottsdale, voted for John McCain in the Republican primary – “He’s the most moderate of the Republicans running,” she said. “It was either that or Barack Obama, but [...]

Maverick presidential candidate Ron Paul rode a national wave of Internet fundraising to collect more money in Arizona last quarter than any candidate except John McCain, according to Federal Election Commission data.The 10-term U.S. representative from Texas raised $307,000 in Arizona from October through December, up from $68,000 the previous quarter. McCain, Arizona’s senior senator, [...]

A proposed constitutional change to ban taxes on property sales or transfers was filed Jan. 30 with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. The type of tax is not currently used, and the “No New Home Tax” initiative is intended to keep it that way, said Steve Roman, a partner with Hamilton, Gullett, Davis & [...]

A state senator who has long wanted to adopt a child out of the state’s foster care system finally welcomed her family’s newest member on Sunday — a 14-month old baby girl named Savannah. Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor, D-16, said she first laid eyes on the baby girl on Friday.  “Immediately that was it,” she [...]

A 34-year veteran of the Arizona Game and Fish Department was selected to lead the agency, the department announced Jan. 28. Larry Voyles, supervisor of the department’s Yuma region, will replace Duane Shroufe, who is set to retire in March. Voyles was appointed by the five-member Arizona Game and Fish Commission. He joined the department in 1974 [...]

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard joined 16 other state attorneys general to ask the Environmental Projection Agency to stop dragging its feet on regulating greenhouse gases. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has authority to regulate greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. In a Jan. 23 letter to EPA administrator Stephen [...]

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard joined 16 other state attorneys general to ask the Environmental Projection Agency to stop dragging its feet on regulating greenhouse gases. Last year, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the EPA has authority to regulate greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. In a Jan. 23 letter to EPA administrator Stephen [...]

More than 100 school superintendents from across Arizona gathered at the Capitol Jan. 23 to present the estimated cost of the English Language Learners program — and to ask the Legislature to pay for it.School administrators estimate that the ELL model presented by a Legislature-appointed task force will cost $2,741 per student, a total of [...]

Sen. Jay Tibshraeny, R-Chandler, is following up on his successful mortgage fraud legislation passed last year with another bill aimed at protecting Arizona homebuyers by requiring all loan originators to be licensed.“This is phase two of my mortgage fraud legislation that brings another layer of accountability into what is for most people the most important [...]