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Group files suit to keep Arizona Civil Rights off ballot
Opponents of an initiative that would ban affirmative-action practices in Arizona filed a lawsuit Aug. 18 to keep the measure off the ballot in November. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-15, announced... […]
Poor timing for Bee's run for Congress?
TUCSON – Right guy, wrong time. Republicans believe they have the right man in state Senate President Tim Bee to wrest Arizona's 8th Congressional District seat from Democratic Rep.... […]
Napolitano on stage; AZ governor takes leading role at Dem convention
It's not Gov. Janet Napolitano's first show, but it's probably her biggest one yet. Next week, Napolitano will travel the speakers' "circuit" at the Democratic National Convention, not only as... […]
Bee challenges Giffords to debate on energy
Senate President Tim Bee has challenged U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords to a debate on energy, saying in a letter to her that it has to happen in the next week before... […]
The initiative scramble: Lawsuits, certification and rejection
Checking the List • A Maricopa County elections worker checks a random selection of signatures and information on an initiative petition against a voter-registration database. The initiative certification process has... […]
Bar investigation of Thomas moving forward
The State Bar of Arizona can proceed with its investigations into actions taken by Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled on Aug. 15. In May,... […]
Trust land initiative booted from ballot over signatures
A ballot proposition aimed at conserving more than half-million acres of state trust land has been disqualified from the ballot after the Secretary of State's Office determined the initiative’s supporters did not... […]
Flap over photo radar sidelines DPS vans
Two photo-enforcement vans from the Arizona Department of Public Safety have been pulled from duty on state highways over questions about whether their radar units have been federally certified. The... […]
Arizona unemployment rate up slightly in July
The Arizona Department of Commerce says the state's jobless rate rose slightly in July to 5.1 percent. The seasonally adjusted rate was up three-tenths of a percent from June, but... […]
Campaign staffers on constant 'White Tornado' watch
Republican presidential nominee John McCain The Yellow Sheet Report on Aug. 11 posted “McCain Watch: ‘The White Tornado.’” The posting digs into some internal goings-on in the McCain Camp –... […]
INSIDE the TIME lawsuit
The TIME committee filed an Aug. 13 lawsuit seeking to push the initiative’s overall signature validity rate high enough to qualify for the 2008 ballot. The lawsuit challenges the Secretary... […]
TIME rejected, but committee files legal challenge
Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer disqualified the TIME initiative Aug. 11 on the grounds that supporters failed to submit the necessary number of valid signatures to qualify for the... […]
