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McCain vows to back changes to disabilities law
COTTONWOOD – Republican presidential candidate John McCain is pledging support for a proposal to expand protections for disabled people under an 18-year-old landmark civil rights law. Speaking from Arizona by... […]
Ethics panel to decide complaint against Harper today
Members of the Senate Ethics Committee will act this afternoon on an ethics complaint filed against Sen. Jack Harper, a Republican from Surprise, by Sen. Ken Cheuvront, a Democrat from Phoenix. When they... […]
Survey: Most businesses not impacted by employer sanctions
A survey of small businesses shows that more than three-fourths weren't impacted at all by the state's groundbreaking employer sanctions law during the first six months it was enforced. Seventy-six percent... […]
Ethics panel votes to investigate Harper
Sen. Jack Harper listens to members of the Senate Ethics Committee July 28 as they discuss whether to investigate a complaint against him by a colleage. The committee voted 3-2... […]
Arizona moves to put postponed execution back on track
State prosecutors say time's up for Jeffrey Landrigan, a convicted murderer who is on death row in Florence for a killing almost two decades ago. Landrigan was scheduled to have... […]
AZ awarded $2 million for improving food-stamp distribution
The federal government presented the state Department of Economic Security a check for $2 million on July 28 as a reward for improving the distribution of food stamps. DES improved... […]
Pair of committees set out to ‘excise’ Pearce from Legislature
A pair of committees backed by businesses and other opponents of the employer sanctions law appears to be aiming to defeat the law’s architect this fall in his bid for... […]
The quick five-spot
Small online donations have transformed election campaigns — even in AZ
Judge, jury and executioner
Inflammatory messages were posted in front of House Speaker Jim Weier’s campaign signs. A post from Pat titled “Hateful defacing of Speaker Weiers’ signs” appeared on Sonoran Alliance on July... […]
Goddard taking ‘seriously’ election-rigging allegations
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard “takes very seriously” allegations the 2006 Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) election in Pima County that approved a half-cent sales tax increase for transportation was rigged,... […]
NewsPeople
Government• Anne T. Hilby has been appointed press secretary for Attorney General Terry Goddard. Hilby has worked in communications at the Attorney General’s Office since January 2007. Prior to her... […]
Howling of the wolves
On Dec. 8, 1846, just west of present-day Douglas, Elisha Smith died in the wilderness. We may read the details 162 years later in dozens of personal journals because Smith... […]
