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Arizona joins lawsuit over auto emissions
Arizona has joined California in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that attempts to give states the authority to enact laws limiting automobile pollution that are more restrictive […]
State Bar Dismissed Complaint Against Romley
The State Bar of Arizona disclosed on Jan. 2 that it has declined to pursue an investigation into the billing practices of former Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley after a complaint […]
2007: Year in Review
If 2007 at the Arizona Capitol had to be summed up in two words, those words would be “employer sanctions.”No other issue dominated Arizona’s political landscape like the debate over […]
Police say new laws are cutting metal thefts
Law enforcement and scrap metal businesses both agree that copper thefts are down because of changes in laws that cover scrap metal sales in Arizona. A revised law that took […]
Disputed quotes to be removed from 9/11 memorial
A state commission has approved plans to remove controversial inscriptions from the state’s Sept. 11 memorial more than a year after critics derided the monument for being unpatriotic and lacking […]
The Hohokam’s Legacy: Pueblo Grande
Odd Halseth, Phoenix’s first city archaeologist and Pueblo Grande’s first museum director, gives a presentation to a Creighton School eighth-grade history class in 1939 with the original museum and platform […]
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New Hires• Anthony Bowman has joined the Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation Authority (Valley Metro/RPTA) as the manager of Transportation Demand Management. He will head the rideshare account team, which […]
Dana Newell: ‘We’re the only college of public programs in the country’
Dana Newell is the director of Student and Academic Affairs for Arizona State University College of Public Programs in downtown Phoenix. What are the advantages of having Arizona State University’s […]
Lawmaker’s effort nets toys, food, gift cards for Guard families
Moving on down the linePacking the food boxes took an assembly line of volunteers at a Phoenix warehouse. What started out as a simple toy drive snowballed into an effort […]
Drunk drivers beware — tougher laws may be on the way
If you think Arizona’s drunk-driving laws are already among the toughest in the nation, wait till you see the array of proposals that could end up in the books next […]
Capitol Quotes, Dec. 27 2007
“This isn’t a right. This isn’t the right to bear arms. This isn’t free speech. This is a privilege, and I would say under those circumstances, would society’s best judgment […]
