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Napolitano allows ELL bill to become law
Funding for English-acquisition programs approved by lawmakers last week will become law, but Gov. Janet Napolitano cited the threat of federal fines as the impetus for her decision not to […]
Families Divided: Desolation, isolation make Border Patrol jobs more difficult
PAPAGO FARMS — Just over the western horizon, 2 1/2 hours outside any major city, dust flies into the air.Border Patrol agents are tracking ghosts. Until the agents see the […]
Divided Families: Divided family serves church south of border
SAN LUIS RIO COLORADO, Mexico — On a Sunday morning at Templo Mikedash, it’s hard to miss the Zavala family.Efrain, 22, sings and plays his guitar as part of the […]
UpClose with Don Butler
Don Butler has served as a trade adviser to presidents Reagan and George H. Bush, and as a leader and representative of several of the nation’s most influential agriculture organizations.Now […]
Criticizing Coolidge
Coolidge, Ariz. pictured in the early 1940s. In 1935, perhaps half-a-dozen years before this photograph was taken, Arizona Daily Star reporter Bernice Cosulich took a road trip through rural Arizona. […]
One Democrat minus two Republicans equals tax relief
Gov. Janet Napolitano will have to decide between approving a tax repeal she has called irresponsible and the possibility of taking a political hit now that a member of her […]
Drawing a line
Senators want to end confusion over religious expression in schools
Bills reviving oversight panel could set up power struggle
Two bills working their way through the Legislature could set up a power struggle between lawmakers and the governor when it comes to administrative rulemaking. Right now, state agencies create, […]
Some recent examples of contested state agency rules and regulations
April 1, 2008: The Governor’s Regulatory Review Council approved a rule by the Department of Administration that would grant health insurance and other benefits to domestic partners of state workers. […]
Treading carefully
Senators kill bill, fearing First Amendment infringement
When it comes to merger of mining/geological survey,
Russ Jones’ guest commentary on March 14 opposing the merger of the Department of Mines and Mineral Resources (DMMR) with the Arizona Geological Survey repeated many disproven assertions but failed […]
Senate to address material for students with disabilities
On March 26, the Arizona Senate Education K-12 Committee unanimously recommended sending H2441 to the full Senate for a vote. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Andy Tobin, R-Paulden, requires the […]
