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Lawmakers expect special session on budget today
Lawmakers are hoping Jan Brewer will call a special session later today to deal with a $1.6 billion shortfall in the 2009 fiscal year budget. House Speaker Kirk Adams made... […]
Pullen campaigns for national GOP slot
Fresh off winning a second term as chairman of the Arizona Republican Party, Randy Pullen will quickly transition to running for another office as he seeks election as treasurer of... […]
ASU mandates unpaid leave for employees to cut costs
Officials at Arizona State University announced Jan. 28 that all university employees will be placed on a rotating, unpaid leave of absence between now and the end of the fiscal... […]
McCaffrey joining Blue Point
After spending the past 12 years spread out over nearly as many states, Sean McCaffrey is ready to settle down in Arizona. McCaffrey, who recently stepped down after a two-year... […]
Brewer transition team faces unique challenges
Transition team members Chuck Coughlin and Doug Cole answer questions from the Valley Citizens League regarding Gov. Brewer’s policies, staff choices and budget plans. Since Janet Napolitano announced that she... […]
University students and presidents protest big cuts to higher ed
Christopher Kiefer joined the crowd – some 2,000 Arizona college students protesting proposed budget cuts to state universities. He carried a sign that stated "no more cuts." It showed Lilliputian-size... […]
Brewer calls special session to fix budget
Governor had put her 'fingerprints' on proposed fix
Panel recommends Hernandez to replace Gallardo
The panel tasked with nominating three people to replace a Democratic lawmaker who resigned days before the legislative session has gone a step further and singled out which of the... […]
Senate Republicans scramble for budget concensus
Senate Republicans are holding marathon meetings in small groups all week long to get 16 members to agree on a fix to the fiscal 2009 budget. But the magic number... […]
Schriro becomes seventh agency director to resign
Dora Schriro, director of the Arizona Department of Corrections, will leave the department at the end of January. Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro became the seventh state agency... […]
Supreme Court affirms police right to stop-and-frisk searches
Decision overturns previous ruling by Arizona Appeals Court
Brewer names policy advisors for K-12, health
Brewer names policy advisors for K-12, healthGov. Jan Brewer continued to fill out her administration on Jan. 27, naming Karla Phillips as her K-12 education advisor and Beth Kohler Lazare... […]
