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Federal carbon-cutting plan has big implications for Arizona
Arizona already boasts of an aggressive renewable energy system and has one of the country’s most stringent energy efficiency programs. Nevertheless, that didn’t stop the Obama administration from dropping a bombshell on the state.
Arizona Chamber endorses lawmakers who opposed its policies
Almost two dozen incumbent lawmakers can boast of earning the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s endorsement despite opposing the business community’s biggest policy positions in the last two years.
EPA approves Valley’s dust pollution plan
After a decades-long struggle over the best way to confront dust pollution in metro Phoenix, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it has approved the state’s air quality plan for the Valley, officers from the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality confirmed.
Old and new: A comparison of Arizona’s child welfare strategies
Spurred by a crisis over thousands of uninvestigated reports of abuse and neglect and the state’s inability to resolve a backlog of cases, Gov. Jan Brewer disbanded Child Protective Services, created a holdover agency and proposed a new department to focus solely on child welfare.
Chambers’ dilemma: After Common Core and Medicaid, who should they endorse?
In the last two years, more than two dozen legislators who had received the support of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry during the 2012 elections fought the business community on two of its biggest policy battles — upholding Common Core and expanding Medicaid.
Former county Republican leader’s head-shaving comments called hateful, mean-spirited
A former leader of the Maricopa County Republican Party has equated a House representative who supported Arizona’s Medicaid expansion to the French women whose heads were shaved and paraded before the public following accusations of cavorting with German soldiers during World War II.
Gallego endorsed by AFL-CIO in CD7 race
One candidate is pulling ahead in the race to replace retiring Congressman Ed Pastor – at least when it comes to union endorsement.
Brewer signs lending bill opposed by AARP and other groups
Despite objections from the AARP and a coalition that once defeated the payday lending industry, lending firms can soon collect the maximum interest fee on slightly bigger loans.
Government worker union backs Gallardo in CD7 race
Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, has snagged the endorsement of a major union in his bid to succeed retiring Congressman Ed Pastor in Arizona’s 7th Congressional District.
AARP, other groups, fight lending bill they say could be predatory
AARP, which lobbies for the interests of older Americans, is mobilizing the coalition that defeated the payday lending industry six years ago in its new fight against a proposal that would allow lending firms to collect the maximum interest charge on a bigger loan.
2nd federal lawsuit seeks to overturn AZ gay marriage ban
A second lawsuit challenging Arizona’s same-sex marriage ban was filed in a federal district court in Phoenix on Wednesday, arguing that the ban violates the U.S. Constitution’s mandate of equality and is akin to anti-miscegenation laws.
Sinema ponders which will be the road not taken
Barely a year after winning a hard-fought battle to put Arizona’s 9th Congressional District in the Democratic column, U.S. Rep. Kyrsten Sinema faces a fork in the road.
