Recent Articles from Arizona Capitol Reports Staff
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,”... […]
The Death of the Sheriff
In this 1890 photo of Arizona lawmen, William M. Breakenridge is pictured second from right. When Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sullivan died in office, a local paper editorialized “it is... […]
Legislature passes bill opting out of Real ID
The Legislature has approved a proposal to prohibit the state from implementing Real ID, a federal program that creates new standards for driver’s licenses in an effort to bolster security... […]
Minnesota could lose $142.5 million
The $142.5 million dollar hit in Highway Trust Fund dollars for fiscal 2009 represents a bloodletting that could result in the loss of nearly 5,000 construction jobs.It’s even worse than... […]
Johnson seeks another probe of 9-11 attacks
Karen Johnson is no stranger to conspiracy theories.The Republican state Senator from Mesa has contended over the years that fluoride, for example, should be removed from water supply because it... […]
75th Annual State Bar Convention Award Winners
The following awards were meant to honor those who have made an outstanding contribution to the state's legal system and will be presented at the 75th Annual State Bar Convention:... […]
The new lie detector?
A form of Magnetic Resonance Imaging called the "functional MRI," or fMRI, is being marketed to lawyers and judges as the real deal in lie detection.Unlike a polygraph, the fMRI... […]