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Maricopa County finishes unofficial ballot tally
Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell has posted the final update for the Nov. 4 general election unofficial results after completing the count of provisional and early ballots. "We've tabulated 9,831 […]
Napolitano: Special session wouldn't address full shortfall
Lawmakers eager to fix Arizona's overstretched budget might have to keep their red pens sheathed for now. At a her weekly press briefing on Nov. 19, Gov. Janet Napolitano said budget […]
Report: Holder, not Napolitano, tapped for AG
It looks like Gov. Janet Napolitano won't be asked as U.S. Attorney General in the Barack Obama administration. Newsweek reported on Nov. 18 that Barack Obama tapped former Clinton Administration […]
Election results continue to roll in from Maricopa County
The election may be over, but workers at the Maricopa County Recorder's Office are still hard at work verifying and recording the county's provisional and early ballots. County election workers […]
Veterans Mountain to be named in north Phoenix
The Arizona State Board on Geographic and Historic Names voted Nov. 18 to name a mountain in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve "Veterans Mountain." Lanny Brent, 68, a veteran and retired […]
Complaint alleges Quelland violated campaign finance law
A District 10 Democrat has accused Republican Doug Quelland of a campaign finance violation that, if verified and upheld, could threaten Quelland's election to the state House and force him […]
Attorney General investigating SCA contributions to GOP
The state attorney general is investigating allegations that the Arizona Republican Party broke campaign finance laws by failing to identify who provided $105,000 in contributions after the secretary of state […]
Board of Regents to announce tuition decision Dec. 4
The Arizona Student's Association (ASA), a nonprofit lobbying organization for Arizona's public university students, submitted a proposal to the Arizona Board of Regents on Nov. 17 asking for predictability […]
Napolitano presents ideas for closing budget gap
Gov. Janet Napolitano's ideas for closing the state's big budget shortfall include selling some future lottery revenue in exchange for an upfront payment, delaying payment of some agency expenses into […]
Tucson gays, lesbians protest Prop 102 passage
Nearly 1,000 people marched in downtown Tucson on Nov. 14 to protest Arizona voters' approval of a state constitutional amendment banning gay marriage. More protests were held across the country […]
'Saturday Night Live' parodies Napolitano
Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano has hit a milestone in any major politician's career _ she was parodied on NBC's ”Saturday Night Live.'' The brief impersonation by cast member Kristen Wiig […]
Clinton as top US diplomat? OK by Sen. Jon Kyl
WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl, the Senate's second-ranking Republican, said Sunday that it wouldn't be a bad idea if President-elect Barack Obama named Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of […]
