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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... […]
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... […]
House budget plan reduces cuts to health care, universities
A spending plan aimed at solving a $1.58 billion deficit in the current budget employs fewer cuts to higher education and health care programs than legislative budget leaders had previously... […]
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... […]
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... […]
Brewer names OSPB chief
As Arizona's fiscal crisis mounts, Gov. Jan Brewer named the OSPB chief who will help her sort out the state's budget problems. Brewer on Jan. 26 named Eileen Klein as... […]
House Democrats offer options to GOP budget plan
House Minority Leader David Lujan and Assistant Minority Leader Kyrsten Sinema field a question from a reporter at a Jan. 26 news conference unveiling a budget proposal in response to... […]
With wallets tightened, unemployment rate sees biggest spike since ’82
With people hesitant to spend, Arizona's unemployment rate recorded its biggest spike in more than a quarter century in December, reaching 6.9 percent, a state Department of Commerce official announced... […]
Six agency heads have resigned following Napolitano departure
Brewer still making decisions on state department directors
McCain will not vote for stimulus as it stands now
WASHINGTON – Sen. John McCain says it will take some big changes before he would vote for the Obama administration's stimulus package. The Arizona Republican, who calls himself a member... […]
Bennett to be sworn as secretary of state
Former Arizona Senate President Ken Bennett will be sworn in as secretary of state at 2:30 p.m today (Jan. 26). The ceremony will be held in the museum on the second... […]
