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DCS gets two thumbs down at JLBC hearing
Lawmakers this afternoon voiced their displeasure with the progress, or lack thereof, at DCS in the tenure of Director Greg McKay. At a JLBC hearing, lawmakers cast a bipartisan vote to accept a DCS report on the agency’s progress towards benchmarks set for the first quarter of FY2016 with an “unfavorable review.”
Speculation building about Schweikert for Senate
Speculation building about Schweikert for Senate
One more time, with feeling
Biggs, E. Farnsworth and Peterson today announced their plans to defund Planned Parenthood facilities in the wake of renewed calls here and nationally to put a financial squeeze on the organization. In a news release, the trio said they would sponsor the legislation in 2016. However, the lawmakers didn’t specify how.
Ducey allies mulling AG complaint against DeWit
Former superintendents and current Ducey allies Lisa Graham Keegan and Jaime Molera are considering filing a complaint with the AG over DeWit’s use of a private attorney in his opposition... […]
Lawmakers to ACA: Let’s see what you do with two years
At a sunset review hearing today, House com and Senate com-work dev rejected the Commerce Authority’s request for an eight-year continuation, opting instead for a two-year continuation that would be... […]
Solar City cops to backing Checks and Balances
SolarCity is one of the funders of a nonprofit that provides most of the support for Checks and Balances Project, the group that has been investigating the Corp Comm and... […]
Not all conflicts are visible to the naked eye
The AG’s case against Bitter Smith hinges on her ties to companies that either are regulated or have subsidiaries or affiliates that are regulated by the Corp Comm. But one... […]
Signed sealed and argued over
The Legislative Council met yesterday to adopt its analysis of Prop 123, the K-12 settlement deal that will appear in May’s special election, and the point of contention was whether... […]
Is the other shoe about to drop?
As previously noted, Brnovich’s decision to seek Bitter Smith’s ouster from the commission stemmed from a complaint that attorney Tom Ryan filed against the commissioner. But what’s not included in... […]
For Ward, it’s U.S. Senate or bust
Ward today announced that she’s resigning her LD5 Senate seat on December 15 to focus exclusively on her primary challenge to McCain in next year’s US Senate race. In a... […]
The polite request before the subpoena storm
In what could be a precursor to a subpoena, Burns yesterday asked APS President and CEO Don Brandt to disclose all of the utility’s spending, if any, on last year’s... […]
Brno: Bitter Smith clearly conflicted out of office
Brnovich is asking the Supreme Court to remove Commissioner Bitter Smith from office, arguing she is ineligible to hold it due to her affiliations with entities that are regulated, either directly or indirectly, by the Corp Comm. Brnovich said his office believes the case against Bitter Smith is “straightforward” and the facts aren’t in dispute.