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Active, but not activist: Reagan wades into controversial issues
Michele Reagan’s first year as secretary of state was marked by a flurry of activity. The longtime former legislator took on more of an activist role than her predecessor, Ken Bennett, wading into a number of controversial issues.
Remaking Arizona: Ducey’s free-market approach succeeds in year one
Gov. Doug Ducey took office with two severe problems requiring immediate attention: a massive budget deficit and a K-12 funding lawsuit that threatened to drop Arizona even further into the fiscal hole. He set out to find an early resolution to the first and ended his first year by mediating a solution to the second.
Right or wrong, DeWit climbed out on a limb in his first year
Jeff DeWit’s signature achievement from his first year as state treasurer was ensuring the eternal enmity of Arizona’s top Republican and possibly ensuring his place at the Capitol’s political margins.
Prop. 123 raises nearly half a million
Fundraising for Proposition 123, a K-12 funding measure that will settle a long-running lawsuit, is off to a good start with nearly a half million dollars in the bank so far.
Gordon James: Arizona’s point person for the Bush dynasty
A fateful business transaction in Iowa set Gordon James on a path that would divert him from an unrewarding career in commercial real estate and turn him into the Arizona point man for the Bush dynasty.
Pension reform may be added to special election ballot
Proposition 123 may have some company on the ballot when the May 17 special election comes around.
Commission recommends $15,000 raise for judges
The commission that recommends salaries for lawmakers, executive officials and judges is hoping members of Arizona’s judiciary won’t have to go a full decade without a pay raise.
Lawmakers, Ducey plan 2016 reforms for Commerce Authority
Just four years after the Arizona Commerce Authority replaced the old Department of Commerce with the goal of revolutionizing the state’s economic development efforts, the quasi-private agency faces another overhaul.
Spokesman says Ward won’t back out if Schweikert runs
Amid renewed rumors that Congressman David Schweikert may challenge U.S. Sen. John McCain in next year’s Republican primary, a spokesman for the senior senator’s current top challenger had a message for him: Kelli Ward isn’t going anywhere.
Tobin to replace longtime financial institutions director
Department of Insurance Director Andy Tobin will replace longtime Superintendent Lauren Kingry as the head of the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions, in a possible sign that Gov. Doug Ducey will move to consolidate the two agencies next year.
Horne asks Court of Appeals to overturn campaign finance fine
Attorneys for former Attorney General Tom Horne and a former aide urged the Arizona Court of Appeals to overturn a $400,000 fine for campaign finance violations on the grounds that Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk violated their due process rights by serving a dual role as both the decision-making in the enforcement action and the prosecutor in their court case.
Breaking point? Once again, Sinema angers Democratic base
For disgruntled liberals who have spent the past three years watching Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema vote with Republicans on core partisan issues, her vote for a temporary halt on accepting new Syrian refugees into the United States was a tipping point.
