When Elizabeth Celania-Fagen signed on as the superintendent of Arizona's second-largest school district in 2008, she said she planned to raise her family in Tucson and serve at least five to 10 years.
Read More »State Parks board OKs agreements to keep two parks open; chairman decries budget cuts
Two state parks got new life Wednesday when the Arizona State Parks Board approved partnerships with local officials, but the board’s chairman said such efforts will be in vain if the Legislature keeps slashing the agency’s budget.
Read More »Senate passes legislation expanding definition of domestic violence
The state Senate passed two bills March 8 intended to curb abuse in family and intimate relationships by expanding the list of crimes that qualify as domestic violence.
Read More »Proposal for public notices committee clears House
The state House passed a bill March 3 that would establish a committee to examine the most cost efficient and effective ways for local governments to publish legal notices as required by statute.
Read More »Governor: Budget woes won’t crash state’s Centennial
A state's 100th birthday only happens once, and the current budget crisis shouldn't stop Arizona from ringing it in right, Gov. Jan Brewer said Feb. 17.
Read More »Observers: Hayworth taps GOP right but needs money to topple McCain
Former congressman and talk radio host J.D. Hayworth will appeal to the GOP's conservative base, but he'll need to tap into wallets around the state before he can mount a serious challenge to Republican Sen. John McCain, political scientists say.
Read More »Public notices too important to be changed in haste, publisher says
Public notices are too important to Arizonans' right to know and the way they access essential information for lawmakers to act hastily in altering requirements that they run in newspapers, a publisher said Feb. 10.
Read More »State lawmakers penning postcards to Congress, others
Rep. Ed Ableser, a Tempe Democrat, wants Congress to urge the NCAA to adopt a college football playoff system. Sen. Jack W. Harper, a Surprise Republican, wants to proclaim that Arizona has no intention of providing assistance to the controversial community-organizing group ACORN. Rep. Chad Campbell, a Phoenix Democrat, wants federal laws aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Read More »Cheuvront wants lawmakers’ pay cut if state employees take hit
After shooting down five straight ballot propositions to give state lawmakers a raise, Arizona voters may get a chance to give them pay cut instead.
Read More »Leaders call attention to untold stories of human trafficking victims
Perhaps law enforcement's biggest roadblock in combating human trafficking in Arizona and elsewhere is a conspicuous absence of victims, a group of officials and advocates said Feb. 1.
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