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Judge rejects request to change voter ID law
A federal judge has rejected a request to temporarily prevent Arizona election officials from requiring that federal mail-in voter registration forms be accompanied by additional proof of citizenship. Lawyers for... […]
Indian casinos generate billions for tribes, states
Native American-run casinos and resorts continued to expand at a rapid pace in 2005, raking in billions of dollars for Indian tribes and state governments across the country. Indian gaming... […]
States explore limits of abortion policy
The U.S. Supreme Court looms large in the history of abortion in the United States, but state capitols from the 1800s to now have been the crucibles of America’s evolving... […]
Arizona Guard backing up Border Patrol in Yuma
Arizona National Guard troops have begun practicing the skills they’ll need in the coming year, assuming support roles to free Border Patrol agents to handle law enforcement assignments in the... […]
Construction costs outpace inflation
Construction material costs are outrunning producer prices, an economist says. “Get used to higher materials cost inflation,” Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), stated... […]
National Park employees spend more time aiding Border Patrol
Four years after drug smugglers fleeing Mexican police fatally shot park ranger Kris Eggle, an $18 million, 30-mile steel-and-concrete vehicle barrier has almost stopped such incursions at this desert park... […]
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Richard Burton, M.D. Richard Burton, M.D. Named the medical director for corporate medical management for Schaller Anderson, Inc. Dr. Burton was formerly the senior medical director for Mercy Care Plan,... […]
Session numbers
Session length: 164 days The record: 173 days* Number of bills passed: 438 Bills filed this year: 1,453** Vetoes so far: 34 *In 1988, partly due to the impeachment of... […]
Bills passed on day 164
Lawmakers passed 12 bills during the final legislative day June 21. The day stretched into June 22, with adjournment coming at 12:12 a.m. H2177: Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit H2702:... […]
Signatures filed for statewide smoking ban initiative
No Smokes Bill Pfeifer, president of the American Lung Association’s Arizona chapter, backs a statewide initiative to ban smoking in shops, bars and restaurants. The signatures of what appears to... […]
Report: Arizona in top 10 for increase in carbon dioxide emissions
FYI: Arizona’s overall carbon-dioxide emissions rose to 87.6 million tons from 15.5 million tons in the four decades surveyed, a fivefold increase. Talk about greenhouse gases is in the air,... […]
Final hours: accolades, angst, antics
Is it over≠Sen. Thayer Verschoor peeks to see if the Senate’s still in session late into the night. It is “We end the session. We passed the budget and we... […]
