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Educated Inmates Denied Access To Degree Programs
I took great umbrage at Arizona Department of Corrections Director Dora Schriro’s flippant remark concerning continuing education opportunities for prison inmates under her supervision [Prisoners & Parallel Universe: Corrections Seeks […]
Sen. Carolyn Allen
“She let the political chips fall wherever” would be a suitable epitaph for Sen. Carolyn Allen. An often out-spoken Republican and chairman of the Senate Health Committee, Ms. Allen, who […]
Child Welfare: Arizona Could Take Lessons From Alabama
Three recent news items go a long way toward explaining why child welfare in Arizona is broken, and how it can be fixed. The first is a front-page New York […]
JLBC Chair Questions Plan For Downtown Medical School
The 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; instead of building […]
Rehnquist’s Tenure: Lessons On What Makes A Chief Justice Successful
Attention John Roberts: William H. Rehnquist’s 19-year tenure as chief justice offers some useful lessons on how to be a successful leader of the Supreme Court, the country’s highest court. […]
Lawmaker Says He Won’t Reintroduce Bill To Regulate Cryonics Firm
Another attempt to regulate a Scottsdale company that freezes dead bodies in hopes science might someday find a way to revive them will not be made as far as one […]
Tax Breaks For Corporations — ‘The Great American Jobs Scam’
Call it, if you will, the crack cocaine of state and local governments’ economic development practices — their endless flow of tax breaks and outright gifts to private corporations they […]
2006: Policy Makers Hope Anti-Gouging Bill Won’t Run Out Of Gas
Soaring gas prices are causing Arizonans to rethink how they get around as yet another attempt will be made next year to pass an anti-gouging law. After two straight years […]
Katrina Evacuees Seek Jobs Here
Hurricane Katrina evacuees are interviewing for jobs as they look to make new lives, at least temporarily, in Phoenix. Meanwhile, Arizona employers are posting jobs in fields ranging from carpet […]
Governing Board Wants To Raise Property Tax Rate 2,500%
Move Comes After Legislature Freezes Aid For Joint Technical Education Districts
