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Work Begins On ‘Tweaking’ Emergency Plan
Homeland Security Chief Says State Has 40 ‘Critical Sites’
Indiana Cemetery Draws Tourists With President, Poet And Robber Buried There
Seven women stand reverently in front of the grave marker of Albertina Allen Forrest. The women do not know her — she died in 1904 — but they are learning […]
O’Halleran Recovers After Heart Surgery
Rep. Tom O’Halleran is recovering at home after undergoing major heart surgery earlier this month. Mr. O’Halleran, D-1, told Arizona Capitol Times he had a quadruple bypass Sept. 1 after […]
Democrat Pederson Announces Bid For Kyl’s Senate Seat
Former Arizona Democratic Chairman Jim Pederson has announced his candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Jon Kyl, accusing the incumbent of being “Exhibit A” of Washington politics […]
Pearce: Illegal Border Crossers Destroy Communities
Rep. Russell Pearce, R-18, saddles up and turns the key to his white pickup truck. It’s almost rush hour, and the Republican lawmaker plans to cruise his hometown to scout […]
States Unite In Effort To Control Immigration
Democratic Governors Napolitano and Bill Richardson of New Mexico declared a state of emergency last month. Smuggling and illegal immigration had reached a crisis along the Mexican border, and they […]
Policy-Makers In Other States Grapple With Rising Fuel Costs
When Hurricane Katrina came crashing ashore, it sent gasoline costs soaring — again — and sent state lawmakers scrambling to find ways to cope with the sky-high prices. All summer, […]
States’ 2005 Ballot Items Foreshadow ’06
With Hurricane Katrina pushing gas prices to $3 a gallon, Oklahoma voters Sept. 13 overwhelmingly defeated a proposal to raise the state’s fuel tax by 5 cents a gallon over […]
Rep. Pearce Should Embrace Downtown Medical School
Rep. Russell Pearce, R-18, chairman of a legislative budget committee responsible for reviewing a plan for the downtown Phoenix medical school says the very premise of the proposal is flawed. […]
Senator: Meth Ordinance Is Illegal
A lawmaker says that the city of Phoenix’s recent approval of an ordinance aimed at curtailing methamphetamine production by limiting access to over-the-counter medicines with the drug’s key ingredient is […]
Napolitano Confident Feds Will Reimburse State For Katrina Costs
A frustrated Governor Napolitano has sent invoices totaling $217 million to the federal government for the unreimbursed costs of imprisoning illegal immigrants who committed crimes in Arizona, but she’s expressing […]
