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State Seeks Receivership For Polygamist Town
State officials have filed a petition seeking financial control of a school district serving a northern Arizona polgymaist community. The receivership petition, filed Aug. 12, alleged that taxpayers and students […]
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Former Senator Changes Parties To Run For Schools Chief; 10 Have Now Filed For Governor
New Mexico’s Governor Defends Border Emergency Declaration
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is defending his decision to declare an emergency along the state’s border with Mexico, saying states don’t need to apologize for taking border security into […]
State Legislators, Staff Called Into Military Service Receive Medal Of Civic Honor
Fourteen state legislators and state legislative staff from 12 states who were called into service during recent military actions were awarded the National Conference of State Legislatures’ Medal of Civic […]
Candidate, Lawmaker Questions Governor’s Photo On Tourism Billboards
The Attorney General’s Office was reviewing what Governor Napolitano’s spokeswoman dismissed as a politically driven complaint about the governor’s picture on advertising billboards and a letter she has prepared to […]
Convicted Child Molester Isn’t Entitled To Prison Earnings, Court Rules
A federal court has ruled that a child molester sentenced to 197 years in prison isn’t entitled to any earnings set aside to help an inmate upon release. Timothy Lee […]
State Insurance Plan For Workers Holds ‘Premiums Steady’
State government’s conversion to self-insured health coverage for 130,000 employees, dependents and retirees had been an off-again-on-again proposition since the Legislature mandated the change in 2002 in response to rapidly […]
Boon Rejuvenates Many State Budgets
Legislative Fiscal Officers Report Year-End Surpluses Totaling $35.7 Billion
Education Key To Jobs, Microsoft CEO Says
A well-educated workforce, not tax breaks, is the key to luring high tech-business to a state, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates told state policy-makers in Seattle on Aug. 17. Mr. Gates’s […]
States Rights Take Center Stage At Legislators’ Meeting
State legislators kicked off their four-day national conference in Seattle calling for less federal intrusion and fewer costly mandates from Washington, D.C. At the meeting Aug. 16-19, leaders of the […]
Artists Sought To Design Arizona’s Sept. 11 Memorial
The state and the Governor’s Arizona 9-11 Memorial Commission are calling for artist teams to design, create and place a permanent 9-11 memorial at Wesley Bolin Plaza. Artist teams across […]
