Recent Articles from Arizona Capitol Reports Staff
Immigrant hiring battle brewing
Voters may be treated to a pair of ballot measures next fall that would effectively make the legislative wrangling over the state’s employer sanctions law earlier this year seem like... […]
Sponsor says ER medical malpractice bill will be back
A senior Republican lawmaker is preparing another push to raise the bar of proof of medical malpractice in emergency rooms. The measure has already failed twice. Sen. Carolyn Allen, R-8,... […]
Lawyers debate disclosure by ballot committees
Should financial contribution disclosure laws typical of candidate races apply to committees formed to help pass or defeat ballot initiatives?Four lawyers, including local Democratic stalwart Andy Gordon, debated that issue... […]
Phoenix lawyer joins Clean Elections panel
Secretary of State Jan Brewer on Oct. 15 announced the appointment of Donald Lindholm to the Citizens Clean Elections Commission.Lindholm is a lawyer specializing in domestic relations/family law, and lectures... […]
Charter schools agree with state on history curriculum
A lawsuit against the Arizona Department of Education has been temporarily averted by a settlement between the department’s highest official and the attorney for five Arizona charter schools that resisted... […]
Retro presidential campaign coming
As a follow-up to the documentary she produced about her grandfather, Barry Goldwater, CC Goldwater and liberal talk radio host Stephanie Miller have recreated the famous 1964 presidential ticket and... […]
Louis Rhodes, long-time head of ACLU, dies at 59
Louis Rhodes, former executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona, died Oct. 14 at age 59, three years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease.Rhodes served as executive... […]
Spending pays dividends for corporate parties
Think now’s the time to begin planning that holiday party, or the year-end event to honor your employees? Wrong. Event planners say now is the time to start planning for... […]
Corporate Event Checklist
To be sure your year-end event is all that it’s scheduled to be, event planners suggest the following:DO:• Plan ahead, have a goal and set an agenda.• Hire an event... […]
The new culture of corporate giving
Harvard has a $40 billion endowment. Yale has a $30 billion endowment. Notre Dame has a $4 billion endowment. Arizona State University, on the other hand, has an endowment of... […]
Complaint against Martin ‘not about politics’
I am the citizen who made the complaint regarding Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin that is now being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (Arizona Capitol Times, Oct. 12, 2007).This case... […]
Sneak peek at snakes
Good news for Views Carol Lynde and Gary Schafer, producers of the “Arizona Wildlife Views” TV series for the Arizona Game and Fish Department, won Emmys for two shows that... […]