Recent Articles from Arizona Capitol Reports Staff
Holdouts are the holdup to state budget fix
Senate President Bob Burns wisely has chosen to make solving the state's budget deficit job one for the Arizona Legislature. And yet after four months, they still haven't reached an […]
Factory farms create ideal breeding grounds for disease
The World Health Organization has ratcheted up the threat alert for the Swine Flu epidemic. Along with the avian flu of a decade ago, the Hong Kong flu of 1968, […]
Senate Republicans last to jump on lawmaker blog train
Senate Republicans launched their own Web site on May 5, following the lead of the three other caucuses of the Arizona Legislature. House Republicans, House Democrats and Senate Democrats have […]
UpClose with Rep. Chris Deschene
Ex-Marine recognizes the struggles of leadership, in combat and as a lawmaker
Brewer announces several appointments
Gov. Jan Brewer on May 1 announced a handful of staff appointments, including Alberto Gutier as director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety — even though Gutier has been […]
Trading at Cameron
Constructed over the Little Colorado River in 1911, this uniquely designed sway-back suspension bridge offered ease of egress/ingress to the western lip of the vast Navajo Nation, 54 miles north […]
Stimulus to provide $15.8 million for BLM projects
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is slated to receive $15.8 million in federal stimulus money for 54 projects in Arizona, with a large portion dedicated to renewable energy projects.The […]
Capitol Quotes
“I’m not that kind of girl.” — Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-Phoenix, responding on the House floor May 7 to another lawmaker who addressed her using the honorific “Mrs.” instead of […]
Quelland Quandry: Who's telling the truth
Last fall, Carol Vandercook and other Democrats in District 10 received a copy of a contract between Valley political consultant Larry Davis and House candidate Doug Quelland that raised suspicions […]
UofA professor confirmed as Indian Health Services director
The U.S. Senate this week unanimously confirmed Yvette Roubideaux, an assistant professor of family and community medicine at the University of Arizona, to head up the country's Indian health care […]
Capitol Police target car thefts
The sign at 206 S. 17th Avenue is one of approximately 10 signs that were purchased with grant money from the Arizona Auto Theft Authority and will be placed around […]