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You don’t need a crystal ball to predict this
Rather than wait for its next regular rate case, APS will soon seek to increase the solar surcharge adopted by the Corp Comm in 2013 by as much as 400 percent, Tell Utilities Solar Won’t be Killed said today (March 13).
Ducey to critics: Where’s your alternative plan?
Ducey today (March 12) pushed back against criticisms leveled at the $9.1 billion spending plan he negotiated with lawmakers by digging up an oft-repeated counterclaim Brewer and her allies had deployed against those who had lambasted the 2013 Medicaid expansion.
It’s hard to say ‘no’ to the governor
CCEC Executive Director Tom Collins didn’t anticipate Pierce’s SCR1001 (Clean Elections repeal; education funding) to stay dead forever, and he was right.
Report ties APS to electioneering in Corp Comm race
The Arizona State University Foundation made a six-figure contribution to a group that spent $2.4 million on “dark money” attack ads against pro-solar Corp Comm candidates last year, according to a new report by the DC-based Sunlight Foundation.
Public wakes up to a new state budget
As noted by our sister publication, the Arizona Legislative Report, lawmakers worked through Friday night and into Saturday morning to pass a $9.1 billion budget.
Budget deal could force ballot reactions
Deep budget cuts to a host of programs, particularly education and health care, might prompt their advocates to ask voters in 2016 for dedicated revenue streams to restore their funding and also protect them from further reductions.
No thunderous applause (yet) from AZ Chamber
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry is taking a wait-and-see approach to this week’s budget agreement while it sifts through its details.
Biggs’ dream budget?
Details of the budget deal reached by legislative leaders and Ducey emerged today, and if there’s a unifying theme, it’s that agencies and state programs should brace for painful times ahead.
Put the IRC on the endangered species list
If the veteran US Supreme Court watchers at SCOTUSblog are any indication, the Legislature should start sharpening its pencils now.
All eyes on Arizona at the US Supreme Court
Former US Solicitor General Paul Clement, who represents the Legislature in Arizona Legislature v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, kicked things off today (March 2) at the US Supreme Court.
Michael Crow blasts Ducey over proposed cuts
ASU President Michael Crow yesterday blasted Ducey’s proposed $75 million cut to the universities, writing to ASU’s alumni community and others that the governor’s budget plan “signals to the state and the nation that higher education is a low priority in Arizona.”
CAP poll shows majority supports traditional definition
Defying the conventional wisdom and conclusions reached recently by other pollsters, a survey commissioned by the Family Research Council and the Center for Arizona Policy shows that 53 percent of Americans agree that marriage should be defined only as a union between a man and a woman.
