Recent Articles from Arizona Capitol Reports Staff
Tax measure to save spring training in Tucson gets panel OK
Voters in southern Arizona are one step closer to being able to vote on a tax that proponents say will keep spring training baseball in Tucson.A bill approved March 11... […]
Documenting a century of change
An early photographer at Fort Valley Experimental Forest in northern Arizona. The original purpose of the U.S. Forest Service Fort Valley Experimental Forest (FVEF) near Flagstaff was to study how... […]
State Bar drops what’s left of Thomas investigation
The State Bar of Arizona has dropped the remaining ethical investigations into Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas for his criticism of judges and the prosecution of executives from a Valley... […]
Cutting $2M from abuse victims’ services will carry too great a cost
For several weeks, the domestic violence community waited with bated breath for the Arizona Department of Economic Security to pass down its sentence for cuts to services for victims of... […]
AZ Appeals Court upholds corporate tuition tax credits
Opponents say state Supreme Court challenge could be next
Bivens fends off 2 challengers, wins back Dem chairmanship
After a bitter defeat at the ballot last November, Arizona Democrats said they wanted change and ousted the state party chairman. But on March 7, a second vote by party... […]
Anti-tax group seeking ballot measure again in 2010
A group seeking California-style tax caps has filed an initiative with the secretary of state that would ask voters to dramatically change the way property taxes are calculated in Arizona.The... […]
Salmon switches D.C. public relations firms
Former U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, a Republican, has joined Washington, D.C.-based lobbying and public relations firm Policy Impact Communications as an executive vice president and member of the board of... […]
Public-private partnerships
President Barack Obama has launched an ambitious economic stimulus plan that makes public-private partnerships key to America’s economic rebound. The president is proposing the greatest investment in infrastructure “since the... […]
Officials: Maricopa, Pima, Coconino will qualify for federal road money
Questions still linger over stimulus funding for AZ counties
Agency budget cut proposals expected soon
An Office of Strategic Planning and Budgeting request that all state agencies submit proposals for incremental budget cuts in fiscal year 2010 will likely be completed next week, according to... […]