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Legal• Gretchen Jacobs has started her own firm, Arizona Governmental Affairs, initially focusing on areas such as the high-tech industry, procurement, nonprofits, education and insurance.Jacobs, previously with Greenberg Traurig’s Phoenix... […]
Democratic lawmakers use extra time to put faces to budget cuts
Dr. Kris Volcheck (front), director of the Dental Clinic at Central Arizona Shelter Services in Phoenix, explains the challenges of providing care to the homeless to Democratic lawmakers and advocates... […]
Students, parents rally to protect virtual schools from budget cuts
Students from Sequoia Charter School in Mesa perform during an April 21 at the State Capitol in support of distance-learning programs. When a conventional public school didn't work for Kristine... […]
Brewer uses Earth Day speech to promote continued involvement in WCI
At a luncheon celebrating Earth Day on April 22, Gov. Jan Brewer said her administration will work to make the concept of sustainability in Arizona a reality and also reiterated... […]
Landowners, leaseholders feel burden of illegal dumping in rural Arizona
Pinal County threatened to fine Mammoth rancher Laurie Mercer $28,000 for failing to remove steel, tires and other items dumped on land she and her husband lease from the state... […]
Kyl rejects nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius has cleared the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, which is one of many steps before the Kansas politician can take her seat as the Secretary of Health and... […]
Senate passes bills to trigger release of federal money
The Senate voted overwhelmingly April 22 to pass two measures intended to ensure that Arizona will be able to collect federal stimulus money for Medicaid programs and to extend unemployment... […]
Trade and Professional Associations Directory
The Arizona Capitol Times’ Trade & Professional Associations Directory combines a comprehensive list of the state’s organizations, representing everybody from air conditioning contractors to the Arizona Tourism Alliance. Included in... […]
Transparency in budget decisions more important than ever
Arizona policymakers are struggling with some of the most agonizing decisions they'll ever have to make, thanks to a historic shortfall in revenue and an overwhelming budget deficit. These struggles... […]
House thumps Senate in annual softball showdown
House Ducks players Andy Biggs and Steve Yarbrough get their field assignments straight during warm-ups between innings. Who had the most votes mattered a lot less than who scored the... […]
Student strip-search spurs lively High Court debate
WASHINGTON – U.S. Supreme Court justices heard oral arguments April 21 in a case that erupted after school officials in the small Arizona town of Safford strip-searched a student whom... […]
Supreme Court: Police violated rights during search of AZ man's vehicle
Police violated an Arizona man's constitutional rights when they searched his car after he had already been handcuffed and put in a patrol car, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on... […]
