Recent Articles from Arizona Capitol Reports Staff
Tennessee Guard soldiers see few illegal crossers near Yuma
Tennessee soldiers stationed at the border south of Yuma spend part of their day trying to pass the time reading in the shade of a military camouflage net, drinking liter... […]
Capitol Labor Day rally draws 900 immigration reform backers
100 others also show up to protest, shout
Arizonans should be proud of Mary Peters
In response to having been nominated by President Bush to serve as secretary of Transportation, Mary Peters said she hopes that Arizonans are proud of her. Having retired from Arizona... […]
Some officials are trying to stop Mohave County
Rural Mohave County’s economic growth and resources are being coveted by the big cities to the south. To achieve their ends and quench their thirst, metro-area carpetbaggers are working to... […]
District 8 story is an injustice to the political process
The headline of your recent news story and your assertion that the Republican victors from the District 8 House Republican primary are assured seats in the House of Representatives is... […]
Fact vs. fiction on manual count implementation
I want to respond to your story regarding S1557, of which my office has worked vigorously to fully implement under severe time constraints. This new law requires a hand count... […]
Lawmaker: Homeland Security spending lacks oversight
A pair of reports on the state’s Homeland Security department released late last month is indicative of a lack of oversight that potentially puts Arizonans at risk, a Republican lawmaker... […]
2 GOP lawmakers want Goddard to explain English learner defense
A pair of House Republicans want Attorney General Terry Goddard to come before a budget oversight committee to explain why the state is paying for an attorney they say is... […]
Clean Elections gives Munsil $80,000 to offset poll impact
Less than one week before the primary elections, the Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted to additionally fund Republican candidate for governor Len Munsil, and also to ask that unspent money... […]
Hand-count audits unlikely for primary
Proposed procedural changes await fed OK
GOP primary could change Senate landscape
Conservatives, moderates square off in 3 districts
Phoenix group, lawmakers help kids get school clothes, backpacks
Service with a smileSen. Linda Gray, R-10, fits 6-year-old Blanca Collazo into a new backpack at the philanthropy center of the Kindergartners from Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School got new... […]