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AG settles with fraudulent Internet business
Two Phoenix residents operating a dubious Internet advertising business will be fined and forbidden from engaging in outbound telemarketing as part of an agreement with Attorney General Terry Goddard. The... […]
Group: Child welfare system hobbled by 'left-right' stalemate
Call for change Former state lawmaker Laura Knaperek joins Richard Wexler, executive director of the National Coalition for Child Protection Reform, at a news conference in the Capitol today to... […]
House forms ad hoc committee to examine employer sanctions
The House of Representatives announced it was forming a panel tasked with reviewing the employer sanctions legislation approved by the Legislature and the governor earlier this year. The Ad Hoc... […]
Commerce Department names deputy director
The Department of Commerce had named one of the state’s leading economists, a former senior economist for the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, as its newest deputy director. Kent Ennis has... […]
Arizona Dem Party elects new chairman
Longtime Democrat activist and campaigner Don Bivens won a state committee election in Prescott and will serve as the party’s chairman for the 2008 elections. Bivens, a former president of... […]
Supreme Court rejects challenge of university tuition increases
The Arizona Supreme Court on Aug. 9 upheld a lower court’s ruling dismissing a challenge to the Arizona Board of Regents’ decision to increase university tuition in 2003. In ~Kromko... […]
Senator, others sue to stop tax subsidies
Six small-business-owners, including a Senator and a one-time legislative candidate, filed a lawsuit today challenging nearly $100 million in tax subsidies Phoenix gave to the developer of a planned mall.... […]
Green Valley gets air quality monitoring site
The state agency that oversees environmental issues announced today it has opened a new site in southern Arizona to monitor for harmful airborne dust particles. The Department of Environmental Quality... […]
Arguments made in charter school suit
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge heard arguments Aug. 6 and will decide whether to immediately stop Arizona Department of Education efforts to force charter schools to accept state-imposed history... […]
Governor orders review of AZ bridges
Reacting to the bridge that collapsed yesterday in Minnesota, Gov. Janet Napolitano has asked the Department of Transportation to review Arizona’s bridges to ensure they are safe. “While there is... […]
Parent firm of 'Capitol Times' goes public
Dolan Media, the parent company of the Arizona News Service, publisher of Arizona Capitol Times, went public today.The Minneapolis-based firm’s shares opened on the New York Stock Exchange under the... […]
County wants court dedicated to death penalty cases
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has unanimously approved a resolution to ask the governor to create a judicial division with the sole purpose of handling death penalty cases in... […]
