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Gutier to be appointed to his former position
Alberto Gutier will return to his role as director of the Governor's Office of Highway Safety according to a story in the March 25 edition of the Yellow Sheet Report.... […]
At one school, Supreme Court vouchers ruling will take a heavy toll
When 7-year-old Lexie Weck gets to school each morning, she puts her book bag away, heads outside to the playground with other students for about 15 minutes and gets ready... […]
Senate GOP releases list of ‘ideas' to solve budget crisis
Senate Republicans released a list of 197 ideas culled from various sources on how to solve the state's budget deficit. The ideas released contained in the 12-page document released March... […]
AZ Supreme Court shoots down voucher programs
The Arizona Supreme Court has decided unanimously that two school-voucher programs designed to assist children with disabilities and those under foster care are unconstitutional. The state's high court ruled March... […]
Employer-sponsored premiums increased in 2008
Employees receiving family health insurance coverage from their employers might have noticed an increase in the monthly premium bill last year, continuing a trend in which the premiums have more... […]
Obama to nominate UofA professor for federal position
University of Arizona assistant professor Yvette Roubideaux has been asked to join the Obama administration in Washington and head up the Indian Health Services division of U.S. Department of Health... […]
Resolution seeks support for Tucson veterans cemetery
A technicality shouldn't get in the way of giving Tucson-area families easy access to a veterans cemetery, a state lawmaker contends. Because the nearest veterans cemetery to Tucson is about... […]
Brewer appoints heads of Housing, GITA and Children, Youth and Families board
Gov. Jan Brewer on March 25 named Donald Cardon as Department of Housing director and Chad Kirkpatrick as the new director of the Government Information Technology Agency. She also named... […]
Menlove joins Salmon firm
Mitch Menlove, who has lobbied at Greenberg Traurig during the past four years, will be setting up an Arizona office for Policy Impact Communications (PIC) on April 1. The Washington,... […]
Web site aims to show how Arizona schools make a difference
Bernie Sammons of Heartland Ranch Elementary School in Coolidge will kiss a pig if his first grade class reads and reports on 1,000 books by the end of the school... […]
Liberal groups pressure Giffords, Mitchell to vote for Obama's budget
WASHINGTON – As members of both parties increasingly express worry about President Barack Obama's massive $3.55 trillion budget for the coming Fiscal Year, several Democratic groups are turning to paid... […]
New rules: AZ might have to increase schools funding to qualify for stimulus
A draft proposal of rules by U.S. Department of Education could force the state to undo $160 million in cuts to higher education approved in January by lawmakers if Arizona... […]
