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AZ voters turn out in record numbers
Arizonans turned out in record numbers Feb. 5. Here’s a roundup of quotes from voters leaving polling stations and on the campus of ASU.Jamie Cowgill, 48, of Scottsdale, voted for […]
Arizona voter turnout could reach 60 percent
Arizona voters go to the polls today to choose which presidential candidates they’d like to see on the ballot in November. Signs like the one pictured above appeared all across […]
Lawmakers: Shortfall may increase, new strategy needed
The House and Senate have cancelled this week's Appropriations committee hearings and will try a new strategy to solve the budget shortfall after preliminary economic reports showed the economy is […]
Vote on tax repeal tabled in Senate
A crucial vote on a proposal to repeal a property tax was canceled today because many members were missing, the bill’s sponsor said.S1002, which would permanently repeal the county equalization […]
McCain, Clinton take Arizona
Sen. John McCain makes his way through a large crowd at the Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix Feb. 5. Senator John McCain handily won in his home of Arizona Feb. 5, and […]
Senate Approps to hold budget hearing Tuesday
Caucus leaders have decided to hear a budget bill in the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, a negotiator has told the Arizona Capitol Times. The move represents a change in […]
Snowfall may force closure of I-40
State transportation authorities warned drivers on Feb. 4 of a large amount of snowfall and dangerous driving conditions on I-40 near Sanders in eastern Arizona. More than 12 inches of […]
McCain led field in campaign contributions in AZ
Maverick presidential candidate Ron Paul rode a national wave of Internet fundraising to collect more money in Arizona last quarter than any candidate except John McCain, according to Federal Election […]
House moves on tax repeal
The state House of Representatives has given preliminary approval to a proposal to make permanent a property tax relief program. A similar measure also breezed through in the Senate last […]
Initiative aims to ban tax on property sales, transfers
A proposed constitutional change to ban taxes on property sales or transfers was filed Jan. 30 with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office. The type of tax is not currently […]
The legislative life
Whiskey Row, Prescott, 1877. The early years of the Arizona Territorial Legislature were an interesting affair. The Legislature met in Prescott during the early months of the new year when […]
Goddard and other state AGs ask EPA to step on the gas
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard joined 16 other state attorneys general to ask the Environmental Projection Agency to stop dragging its feet on regulating greenhouse gases.Last year, the U.S. Supreme […]
