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Arizona suspends use of outdoor cells
Arizona's prisons director has suspended the use of all outdoor holding cells while crews retrofit them to provide shade and water in the wake of an inmate's heat-related death.
I-19 metric signs change on hold pending review
TUCSON - A project that will use federal stimulus money to replace aging signs along Interstate 19 with ones marked with miles instead of kilometers has drawn so much criticism that it has been temporarily shelved by Gov. Jan Brewer.
ACLU files discrimination suit against MCSO
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a religious discrimination lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office on behalf of a Muslim man who claims he lost his job as a jail detention officer over a fight to wear a beard.
University construction projects in jeopardy
Although Arizona's university system got approval to use state Lottery money to pay for $1 billion in construction projects, shovels have yet to hit the dirt and uncertainty about the state budget has caused many delays.
Arizona trust land boom turns bust with defaults
A news release touting the largest sale in the history of Arizona's land department made it sound like the boom would never end. The lone bid for the 269 acres in north Phoenix was $149.5 million, topping the previous record sale of state trust land of $135 million two years before.
States roll out plans for ‘smarter’ roads
Not all the highway improvement projects states plan to pay for with federal stimulus money involve widening roads, fixing bridges or repaving highways. Nearly half the states plan to use some of their new funds to pay for high-tech gadgets that will reduce congestion, help the environment and create jobs quickly.
Metro Phoenix’s light rail reaches milestone
MESA - Metro Phoenix's new light rail system has reached a milestone: April marked the first month in which it drew more than 1 million boardings.
Capitol Times reporters take home six Press Club awards
The Arizona Capitol Times was honored with six individual awards at the Arizona Press Club's 2008 excellence in journalism banquet at Arizona State University's Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication on May 16.
Final edition of Tucson Citizen hits the streets
The headline on the final print edition of Saturday's Tucson Citizen newspaper said it all: Our epitaph. The 48-page commemorative edition of Arizona's oldest daily newspaper was filled with individual columns from editors and staffers and highlights of the Citizen's 138 years of publication. It had a photo montage of the changing face of Tucson and a look at how the paper affect[...]
McCain: US gun limits wouldn’t stop drug cartels
The drug war in Mexico shouldn't be used as an excuse to try to restrict American gun rights, Sen. John McCain said May 15 at the National Rifle Association's convention.
Maricopa County inmates’ hunger strikes continues
More than 1,500 inmates in Maricopa County jails are on a partial hunger strike as part of an ongoing protest against food quality.
Ariz. parents fear deep cuts in special needs care
With the state facing a budget deficit of $3 billion, state lawmakers are ready to slice and dice various programs that parents and others say are needed to care for those unable to speak for themselves.
