Recent Articles from Arizona Capitol Reports Staff
Surplus insurance: The unauthorized biography
The half-a-billion dollar non-admitted insurance market covers high-risk industry, high-dollar property and high-pitch vocal chords
Funds in jeopardy
Move to new archives building could bump up against budget cuts
A tent divided
Senate Republicans squabble over budget deficit, property-tax repeal
Goodyear reconsiders Reds’ spring training move
Some city leaders in a Phoenix suburb are having second thoughts about spending $33 million needed to lure the Cincinnati Reds to a new spring training home. The money would... […]
Sides agree on workers’ comp benefit increase; not much else
A labor rep uses the threat of a ballot initiative, including giving workers the right to sue, to get businesses and the Legislature to increase benefits
The homeless might be asked to tighten their belts a bit to help the state with its budget woes.
By Bill Coatesbill.coates@azcapitoltimes.comFunding for programs that, in part, assist the homeless has been frozen by the Arizona Department of Housing. This money comes out of what is known as the... […]
Arizona could become first to opt out of No Child Left Behind
A measure given preliminary approval by the state House of Representatives aims to make Arizona the first state in the nation to withdraw from a widely criticized federal education program called No... […]
Child bigamy bill passes Senate committee
A measure that aims to protect children from bigamy advanced March 27 in the Arizona Senate. Rep. David Lujan of Phoenix amended H2275 in the Senate Public Safety and Human Services Committee... […]
Senate endorses stricter penalties for intoxicated boaters
People who operate watercraft under the influence of drugs or alcohol would face tougher penalties under a bill approved Thursday by the state Senate. S1080, sponsored by Sen. Linda Gray,... […]