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Judges ask skeptical questions in employer sanctions suit
Federal appellate judges considering a challenge to an Arizona law prohibiting the hiring of illegal immigrants looked skeptically on arguments from business and civil rights groups that the state can't […]
Bill calls for Internet database of state contracts
State lawmakers have approved a bill that would require the state to publish its contracts with private vendors online in a searchable database by 2013, despite an estimate from legislative […]
Allen sworn in to state Senate
Sylvia Allen, appointed to replace the late Sen. Jake Flake, is sworn in on the Senate floor June 16 by Mark Acedo, presiding civil judge for Maricopa County Superior Court. […]
Payday loan initiative dead, but battle rages on
Rep. Marian McClure announced on June 16 that she has officially terminated her effort to rid Arizona of payday lenders through a citizen's ballot initiative, but the battle against the […]
Board chooses Allen to replace Flake
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors has picked Sylvia Tenney Allen, former Navajo County Republican chairwoman, to replace the late state Sen. Jake Flake. The appointment came five days after […]
A 2005 UpClose with the late Sen. Jake Flake
The Arizona Capitol Times' Phil Riske conducted a revealing interview with Jake Flake three years ago that looked back over a period in Flake's life, which included the death of […]
Stalling on budget hurts children and families
We are past the 143rd day of a session that should only last 100 days. Yet, even with the amount of time we have spent here, there is still no […]
Napolitano should clean up her mess before she goes
When I was little and I my room was a mess, my mom would make me clean up before I could go outside and play with the other kids. Right […]
Reshuffling is not reform
This November, Arizona voters will decide whether 76 school districts should be combined into 27 larger, unified districts. Prompting the ballot initiative is the fact that fewer than six cents […]
Keep special needs, foster students in their schools
Arizona’s scholarship programs for children with disabilities and children in foster care have given hope to hundreds of children. Hope for a good education. Hope for a better future. For […]
Warning: Road work delays
States could face multi-billion-dollar shortfall in federal Highway Trust Fund
Napolitano on Clinton
Gov. Janet Napolitano From yellowsheetreport.com on June 11: Napolitano is one of “the women who sold out Hillary,” Susie Tompkins Buell tells The New York Times.“I won’t forget these people,” […]
