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AZ Dems mark inauguration with private viewing party in Phoenix
Roughly 300 attend, including AG Terry Goddard
Napolitano resigns after DHS confirmation
Jan Brewer's official inauguration isn't until Jan. 21, but her term as governor began the previous afternoon after Janet Napolitano submitted her resignation to the Secretary of State's Office. Napolitano […]
Phoenix senator files bill to protect renters from foreclosure on landlords
Just before Thanksgiving, Sen. Leah Landrum Taylor found out about a constituent who was given five-days' notice to move out of a duplex she and her family had been renting. […]
Rep. Sinema's Inauguration Blog: Obama appears at Western Regional Ball
Braving the cold, the traffic and the dreaded Metro crowd
Dem election strategy backfired, but Bivens unopposed
Republicans cleaned up in November's legislative elections, taking back three of the seats they lost in 2006 and surprising most observers in the process. Democrats, meanwhile, saw their much-hyped plan […]
Multiple bills filed to repeal property tax
Legislative Republicans aren't taking any chances when it comes to the repeal of the state's equalization property taxes. With the 2009 legislative session barely a week old, three Republican lawmakers […]
Harper bill aims to remove deceased from voting rolls
While campaigning, it wasn’t unusual for Sen. Jack Harper of Surprise to knock on doors and learn that voters whose support he seeks had already died. Other candidates probably have […]
Health benefits protection needed
With the national economy crumbling as result of Wall Street pyramid schemes, bankers giving loans to anyone with a pulse, and CEOs prioritizing their own bonuses over corporate fiscal integrity, […]
Q&A with Senate Minority Leader Jorge Luis Garcia
Senate minority leader plans to push budget alternatives
Q&A with House Minority Leader David Lujan
House minority leader calls for combo of cuts, rollovers
Key supporters put brakes on school-choice issues
Some lawmakers with a passion for school choice are putting proposed legislation on hold while they await an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that could nix two school-voucher programs.Supporters of the […]
ACC was right to end subsidy for urban sprawl
Kudos to the Arizona Corporation Commission for ending one of the many subsidies for urban sprawl in Arizona and for insisting that growth pays for itself. Developers have long built […]
