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95 years of inaugurations: Crowds, speeches and a Capitol lockout
Ninety-five years have passed since Arizona started inaugurating governors. A lot of the ceremony has remained the same. As on Jan. 4, the first one had crowds and speeches on... […]
Think tank defends school voucher programs
In advance of a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of two recently created private school voucher programs, a national Libertarian think tank has published a report detailing six other voucher-like programs... […]
Don’t exempt disabled from new minimum wage
Paying minimum wage to people with developmental disabilities (spurred by passage of Proposition 202) has become a lightning rod that has divided the disability community. This issue has pitted operators... […]
It’s time to set legislative priorities that meet constituent needs
Sen. Jay Tibshraeny The November elections demonstrated that voters across this country are questioning the leadership being provided by their elected officials. Arizona’s Legislature can begin the process of restoring... […]
Elected officials prosecuted by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office since 2003
DOUGLAS K. MARTIN, the Arizona state mine inspector, was indicted in December 2006 on three counts of theft, three counts of fraud and three counts of procurement code fraud. He... […]
Early history of ‘The Arizona Republican’
The Arizona Republican writers and staff pose in the basement of the Heard Building on Central Avenue in 1920. By 1920, Phoenix had grown to more than 29,000 citizens. Urban... […]
Grassroots group thanks voters for wage increase
Winning wage fight Mitzi Pearce, chairwoman for the Mesa ACORN chapter, tells reporters at the Capitol that the Arizona minimum wage will help the workers who do the hardest physical... […]
Horne, lawmakers seek delay in ‘Flores’ trial
Lawyers for the state’s schools chief and the Legislature have asked a federal judge to postpone at least until September a trial of the long-running lawsuit that challenges state funding... […]
Federal suit says ‘Clean Elections’ matching funds trample free speech
A federal appeals court will hear arguments in February that the Clean Elections Act of 1998 effectively chills free speech and coerces candidates to run political campaigns with public funds.... […]
Napolitano launches 2nd term vowing to continue focusing on education
Inaugural pledgeGovernor Napolitano recites the Pledge of Allegiance at her Jan. 4 inauguration ceremony at the Capitol, along with her father, Dr. Leonard Napolitano, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day... […]
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Johnnie Ray Johnnie Ray Named president and chief executive officer of the ASU Foundation. ASU President Michael Crow says that Ray is “supremely capable at what he does.” Considered a... […]
Capitol Quotes, Jan. 4 2007
Capitol quotes “He was clearly making a statement that he knew what he wanted to do and that he wanted to go in a different direction and that he couldn’t... […]
