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Lessons learned on press restrictions from my home country
I couldn’t help but think about my former country’s experience when House Speaker David Gowan revoked reporters’ access to the chamber’s floor, a privilege journalists have enjoyed for at least four decades.
Robert Graham: Guiding Arizona’s Republican Party through turbulent times
Whether he admits it or not, Arizona Republican Party Chairman Robert Graham is in a tight spot. As head of the party, he quickly affirmed Republicans’ choice of Donald Trump on the night of the Arizona presidential primary March 22, and yet he also has to navigate through myriad complications that will surely arise after his party picked, to put it mildly, such a divisive figure.
Lack of skilled labor haunts Arizona’s construction industry
The lack of skilled labor haunts not only Arizona’s construction industry. It is endemic nationwide, and it is becoming more pronounced even as the construction industry steadily recovers from the great real estate crash of the last decade.
Elisa Villanueva Beard: Reflecting the joy of a rewarding career
Elisa Villanueva Beard, CEO of Teach for America, talks about the rewards and challenges of teaching, and why she wouldn’t hire Donald Trump to join the TFA corps.
JLBC casts doubt on governor’s budget figures
The Governor’s Office and the Legislature’s budget research arm widely differ in their revenue and expenditure assumptions, a point of contention both sides will have to reconcile before a final spending plan is adopted.
State pinched by decline in corporate tax revenues
The state is starting to feel the pinch as corporate income tax revenues tumble down, which budget analysts say is the result of tax cuts being phased in.
Clear economic sailing in 2016, but experts urge caution
As Arizona fully emerges from what has been a long and dark economic winter, economists warn of potential headwinds and the possibility of another recession this decade.
Brnovich strives to restore dignity to the Attorney General’s Office
The trickier goal, of course, wasn’t just to restore the public’s confidence in the Attorney General’s Office, but also to raise the morale of the public servants inside that office.
Ducey appoints Tobin to Corp Comm
The governor made the appointment a day after the regulators met to elect Commissioner Doug Little as interim chairman. Tobin will replace Commissioner Susan Bitter Smith when her resignation becomes effective on January 4th.
State experiences 23.2 percent jump in revenues
In gains reminiscent of the good times before the recession, state revenues took in $84.4 million more last month than what was assumed when legislators approved the budget earlier this year.
Nurses seeking expansion of duties
Advanced practice nurses, who typically have graduate degrees and additional training, are gearing up for a fight to further expand the scope of their practice.
State Supreme Court to consider case against Bitter Smith
The Arizona Supreme Court today decided to accept the conflict-of-interest complaint that Attorney General Mark Brnovich filed on Monday against Arizona Corporation Commission Chairwoman Susan Bitter Smith.
