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Arizona Capitol Times wins more than dozen writing, design awards
The Arizona Capitol Times has won more than a dozen awards in the latest Arizona Press Club’s writing and design competition.
School officials threaten lawsuit over proposal forcing them to raise teacher pay
The lobbying arm of Arizona’s school boards is threatening to sue over a proposed amendment that would require 50 percent of inflationary funding increases for K-12 education to be used for teacher pay raises.
Arizona appeals court says Medicaid expansion law is constitutional
The court said the law imposed an assessment that is exempt from the requirement that any act by lawmakers increasing state revenues, such a tax hike, must get a two-thirds vote in the Legislature.
The moral conundrum of self-driving cars
At the core of the discussion is an ethical question: In a life or death situation, should machines be permitted to make choices about who gets injured, or worse, who lives or dies?
Trump’s immigration crackdown puts the spotlight on Ducey, local police
Donald Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigrants puts the spotlight on border governors like Doug Ducey, who must decide whether to fully cooperate with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and allow their state’s law enforcers to act as immigration agents.
Ducey’s budget office, legislative leaders seek to block Prop 206
In an amicus brief, Speaker-elect J.D. Mesnard, Senate President-elect Steve Yarbrough and Gov. Doug Ducey’s Office of Office of Strategic Planning & Budgeting told the Arizona Supreme Court that Proposition 206, will impose a “significant hardship” on the Legislature and Arizona’s taxpayers.
Do you have $1 billion to spare? What Obamacare repeal would look like for Arizona
The financial fallout from repealing Obamacare without replacing it will make everything else Arizona’s policymakers have so far worried about look like small potatoes.
Alberto Gutier: Arizona’s most politically prominent Cuban American
Alberto Gutier remembers idyllic days while growing up in Cuba before Fidel Castro’s revolution. He spent his summers on the gorgeous beach of Varadero or playing at the presidential palace.
Is Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District within Democratic reach?
Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District was supposed to be a lost cause for Democrats.
Pro-SolarCity IE argues that transparency laws are unconstitutional
Save Our AZ Solar, which is spending millions of dollars to elect its favored candidates to the Arizona Corporation Commission, is insisting that disclosure laws requiring it to report its spending are unconstitutional.
Kelli Ward says she’s challenging Jeff Flake in 2018
She lost to U.S. Sen. John McCain not even two months ago, and this year’s general election isn’t even over yet, but former state senator Kelli Ward already decided she’s going to challenge U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake in 2018.
Insurance premium tax revenues rose in September as corporate tax collections declined
Corporate income tax collections tumbled anew in September, as companies appear to have now caught on to the tax cuts enacted by lawmakers over the years.
