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GOP files complaint against 9 Dems
Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, D-15, was one of nine Democrat candidates for the Legislature identified in a complaint filed by the state Republican Party. (File photo by Bill Coates) The state... […]
Townsend drops out of LD1 Senate race
Elise Townsend (Photo by kmartinphoto/Webshots.com) Prescott construction company owner Elise Townsend yesterday withdrew from the District 1 Senate race to replace Senate President Ken Bennett, citing business, family and personal... […]
Corrections director receives governors' award
Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro has received the Award for Distinguished Service to State Government from the National Governors Association for implementing programs to reduce recidivism by giving... […]
Representatives scramble for leadership posts in both parties
House Speaker Jim Weiers is facing challenges from both ends of the House Republican caucus, a situation brought on because lawmakers were kept out of the loop on major issues,... […]
Collared urban creatures
State studies coyotes that dwell in city neighborhoods; locals complain of noise, devoured pets
Goldwater keeps lead, seeks funds
Don Goldwater (center) files his nominating petitions. Although he has yet to qualify for public campaign funding, Don Goldwater is leading the quartet of Republican candidates for governor, according to... […]
Iraq-bound lawmaker confident of re-election
Rep. Jonathan Paton Even though he won’t be around to see how his re-election campaign goes, Rep. Jonathan Paton says his tour of duty in Iraq won’t have a negative... […]
Arizona Democrats lose to Nevada in hard-fought bid for early caucus
The Democratic National Committee’s Rules and Bylaws Committee has dashed the hopes of Arizona Democratic leaders, selecting another state as the site of an early and influential part of the... […]
Judge gives opposing lawyers something to chew on
Opposing lawyers in a three-year-old lawsuit were ordered by the court to go stuff themselves — at a good restaurant. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Pendleton Gaines mandated the meal... […]
NewsPeople
Awards Debra Krol, a reporter for the tribal newspaper Fort McDowell Yavapai News, was one of six people awarded a Diversity Outreach Leadership Grant for the 2006-07 year. The award,... […]
From Maley to Willcox
Looking down Railroad Avenue in Willcox in the 1940s. It is said that when cattlemen first arrived in the Sulphur Springs Valley — “Sufferin’ Springs” to local wags — in... […]
Growth, pollution, lack of conservation pushing state toward water crisis
Arizona’s limited supply of water is being stretched between new, fast accumulating demands. With a population projected to double by 2030, this is not likely to get better anytime soon.... […]
