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Home>Melanie Kiser, Cronkite News Service

Melanie Kiser, Cronkite News Service

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Recent Articles from Melanie Kiser, Cronkite News Service

Cronkite News Service July 12, 2010

Arizona school districts struggle to keep superintendents

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.

agencies April 22, 2010

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.

Cronkite News Service March 9, 2010

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.

Cronkite News Service March 3, 2010

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.

agencies February 18, 2010

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.

AZ/DC February 16, 2010

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.

Cronkite News Service February 11, 2010

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.

Cronkite News Service February 9, 2010

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.

Cronkite News Service February 4, 2010

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.

agencies February 2, 2010

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.

legislature January 26, 2010

Lawmakers try again with anti-polygamy legislation

A loophole in Arizona's law against incest handcuffs officials wanting to crack down on polygamists who marry relatives under age 18, according to two state lawmakers.

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