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Opponents: Prop. 207 is threat to responsible city planning
Proponents: Initiative is necessary protection from grasp of governments
Audit faults homeland security funding controls, record-keeping
A report from the state’s auditor general says the Arizona Office of Homeland Security and the Department of Emergency Management did not have enough controls in place to ensure nearly... […]
Student coalition seeks to boost college vote
Calling young voters Tim Nelson, general counsel for Governor Napolitano, encourages young adults to get out and vote. He is joined by student leaders from Arizona State University at Tempe... […]
Competing trust land measures began with an argument
Both sides claim kinship to original proposal for trust-land reform
Court bars voter ID enforcement
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has ordered that Arizona’s identification requirements to cast ballots and register to vote be immediately suspended until the court issues a... […]
State tax collections up again, but below projection
State tax collections for the second month in a row increased from a year earlier but slipped slightly under projections already below the record-setting levels set in the last two... […]
Arizona population to double in 30 years, UofA researcher says
Phoenix-Tucson to become
Ex-Governor Symington mulled a return to politics
Early reports in 2005 had former Governor Fife Symington considering throwing his hat into the political arena — again. However, in May 2005, Mr. Symington, announced he would not seek... […]
Session wrap — state by state: AZ-MD
Arizona Budget deal trumps bickering The Arizona Legislature wrapped up a 164-day session June 22, passing a $10 billion budget that helps fund all-day kindergarten at public schools and increases... […]
Session wrap — state by state (continued): MA-TX
Massachusetts Adopts sweeping health care initiative Massachusetts, already famous for breaking new ground on the gay marriage front, in 2006 adopted historic health care reforms now being eyed by other... […]
Session wrap — state by state (continued #2): UT-WY
Utah’s Billion-dollar surplus divides lawmakers Utah’s governor is Republican, and Republicans outnumber Democrats in the Legislature by a 2-to-1 margin. Despite that rock-solid GOP majority, Utah’s Legislature was bitterly divided... […]
For Sale — This Place — And Cow
This 1937 photo, snapped during the Great Depression, shows how the dire economic conditions of the time forced people to sell whatever they could to get by. When the Great... […]
