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Prescott wildfire academy teaches lessons from boots to survival
Firefighters attending the Arizona Wildfire and Incident Management Academy in Prescott learn how to dig fire lines. PRESCOTT – Cut off and about to be overrun by an out-of-control wildfire,... […]
Governor orders task force to study ways to sustain state parks
With three state parks shuttered due to budget cuts and more closures possible, Gov. Jan Brewer issued an executive order March 18 reviving a task force that will recommend ways... […]
Feds target Arizona, 15 other states for stimulus audit
Word of oversight comes before bulk of federal assistance
Lawyers argue English program inadequate
The United States Supreme Court should rule that Arizona’s program to teach students English doesn’t satisfy a nearly decade old court order and violated federal education laws, public interest attorneys... […]
Senate passes teacher contract bill – but without emergency clause
The Senate voted along party lines to pass legislation intended to delay the deadline until June 15 for school boards to offer contracts or the pink slip to teachers, but... […]
Partisan floor battle brewing over bill on teacher contracts
A Senate panel led by Republicans has approved a bill that would push back the deadline until June 15 for school administrators to offer new contracts to teachers, but Democrats... […]
Huppenthal eyes top education post in exploratory committee
Sen. John Huppenthal, a Republican from Chandler, has filed an exploratory committee for the post of Arizona's chief education official for 2010. The senator filed the paperwork with the Secretary... […]
Brewer announces staff additions
Gov. Jan Brewer on March 18 announced several additions to her staff. The Governor's Office named Linda Stiles as director of boards and commissions, Rebecca Hecksel as deputy director of... […]
Brewer unveils stimulus Web site
Gov. Jan Brewer on March 18 unveiled a Web site dedicated to tracking Arizona's portion of the federal stimulus package. The site, http://www.azrecovery.gov/, provides information regarding the money made available... […]
Senate Democrats enter press room fray
Senate Democrats said they are concerned over the decision to move the press office out of the Senate building in the near future. In a press briefing March 18, Democrats... […]
Dems: Bill to delay teacher contracts a political move
Legislative Democrats and an official from the state's largest teacher union said a proposal to delay notifying teachers if they would have a job after this school year is designed... […]
