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HelpingAZ.com designed to help state workers through layoffs, furloughs
Arizona's economic and budget woes have affected state and university employees with layoffs and furloughs. As a result, there are more unemployed teachers and state workers, and some are looking […]
Cochise County ranchers want U.S. agents on the border
SIERRA VISTA – Cochise County ranchers want U.S. Border Patrol agents on the border, not miles away from it. That message was given Saturday to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and […]
House GOP enters the blogosphere
A screenshot from www.azhouserepublicans.com. The Arizona House Republican Caucus was already using Twitter and Facebook, but state GOP representatives now have added blogging to their online arsenal. Posts on http://www.azhouserepublicans.com/ were time […]
Ex-ADOT director tabbed for federal highway job
President Barack Obama has said he plans to nominate former Arizona Department of Transportation director Victor Mendez for administrator of the Federal Highway Administration. Mendez, a two-decade ADOT official, was […]
Republicans to Democrats: Let's vote on your budget
Legislative Republicans challenged Democrats on April 7 to put up a budget proposal for a vote, saying they don't believe the minority will be able to convince all of its […]
U.S. Dept. of Education finalizes rules for distribution of stimulus money
The federal government will release hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up Arizona’s schools system with a proviso that the money must be used to restore education funding to fiscal 2008 or […]
Former transportation board chair named to Game and Fish Commission
Former State Transportation Board Chairman Jack Husted has been named to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission. Gov. Jan Brewer named Husted to the five-person board on April 3. He […]
State Parks board puts off decision on closing parks
With one round of legislative budget cuts behind him and more looming, Arizona State Parks Executive Director Ken Travous said April 3 that heart-wrenching decisions eventually will need to made about closing […]
Childhood board sues state over fund sweep
The Arizona Early Childhood Development and Health Board asked the Arizona Supreme Court on March 30 to prohibit the transfer of interest earnings from the board’s fund to the state […]
Further DES cuts could leave thousands of at-risk people without services
Legislative Democrats are upset that a budget proposal by their Republican colleagues would pull nearly $100 million from the Department of Economic Security.The GOP’s 2010 budget proposal, which includes $1.1 […]
Tax code conformity measure advances
A routine piece of tax code legislation that is usually one of the first measures to be passed by the Legislature was held up in the Senate much longer than […]
Absent Senate bills, House to drill down on budget
The budget will be the primary focus for members of the Arizona House of Representatives this week, though much of the discussion of how to best bridge a nearly $3 […]
