A group of environmentalists is suing the federal government for access to records regarding a coal mining operation in northeastern Arizona.

I know there will be plenty to debate regarding immigration, but I assume much time will also be given to the fiscal health of Arizona and to sensible state laws. Along that line, here are three questions people should ask political candidates as we get closer to the election:

The deadline for Arizonans to register to vote in the Nov. 2 general election is midnight on Monday.

If you want to fish at Fossil Creek, north of Payson, you’ll need to follow a particular set of regulations, put into place by the Arizona Game and Fish Department.

But opponents to Proposition 109 say all hunting and fishing regulations in Arizona will be jeopardized if the proposition passes in November. The measure's backers say that's not the case, that they're just trying to constitutionally protect the right to hunt and fish from anti-hunting activists.

Republican Sen. John McCain framed the porousness of America's borders as both a national security concern and a human rights issue Sunday in the only scheduled general election debate in Arizona's U.S. Senate race.

When lawmakers voted in March to put the referendum on the ballot — a measure that would sweep and dismantle the Early Childhood Development and Health Board Fund — they expected it to put about $325 million into the state’s cash-starved coffers. But as of Sept. 1, the agency had about $100 million more than that on hand.

At a Ballot Measure town hall held on Sept. 22, Secretary of State Ken Bennet explained the provisions of Ballot Prop. 106. Proponents and opponents delivered arguments on the proposition, then Assistant Secretary of State Jim Drake, and Legislative Council Executive Director Mike Braun gave analysis and answered questions on Prop. 106.

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano and Arizona Republican Sen. John McCain had a terse exchange over border security in a Wednesday hearing on terrorism threats.

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is scheduled to speak at two events in Tucson on Tuesday.

Proposition 302 on Arizona's general election ballot is about priorities. Passage of the referendum means tobacco tax dollars now allocated to an array of early childhood services under a 2006 voter-approved initiative would instead go into the general fund for the Legislature to appropriate.