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Panel to study funding of GPS monitoring for sex offenders
At a time when the state is facing hundreds of millions of dollars of red ink, a panel hearing updates on the satellite monitoring of sex offenders is likely to... […]
Lawmaker still objects to tax waiver for NBA all-star game
Phoenix Suns executives say the team is the favorite to host the National Basketball Association’s annual All Star Game in 2009, thanks in part to a tax waiver approved by... […]
Campaign finance reformers target Supreme Court decision
Feeling handcuffed by a decades-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling, four U.S. senators have proposed amending the Constitution to grant lawmakers complete control to regulate the raising and spending of campaign... […]
1st Congressional District: Who
Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes and former Yavapai County Republican Chairman Steve Pierce said Oct. 29 they’re off the list of potential Republican candidates for the 1st Congressional District. Mayes told... […]
Democrat spat over budget votes still percolating
Call it the issue that just won’t go away. Nearly 10 months after the Republican House speaker exercised his power and changed the committee assignments of several Democrat lawmakers at... […]
The Capitol Floods
Several floods have hit the State Capitol over the years. This picture is from Feb. 4, 1905. On the front page of The New York Times and other newspapers throughout... […]
Balancing the budget is an exercise in values
Last month, Governor Napolitano announced a combination plan to put this year’s budget back into balance after several months of tax revenues falling below projections. The plan calls for using... […]
Navajos, Gallup Agree on water pipeline pact
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and Gallup Mayor Harry Mendoza have signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for them to work together to see that two pipelines are... […]
Kids left behind by parents in prison
Waiting for mother’s returnClara Chavez-Cresto says her grandchildren have been doing well, despite the hardship of taking care of them while their mother serves time in prison. With her (from... […]
Going after dust in the Valley
Asthma corridors Rusty Bowers, executive director of the Arizona Rock Products Association, points to a map that shows asthma rates by ZIP code in and around Maricopa County. Bowers says... […]
Republicans offer ‘50-50 plan’ to wipe out $374 million in red ink
A day after a legislative budgetary agency announced the state’s mounting deficit had grown to $374 million after the first quarter of the fiscal year, House Republicans said they hope... […]
NAU survey: People don’t like toll roads
Traffic congestion is an important problem to nearly everyone in Arizona, but a majority does not see toll roads as a solution, a university survey showed. Instead, more than half... […]
