Additional $86.9 Million In Revenue Eases Budget Talks
Budget negotiations between legislative leaders and the governor are progressing and the two sides are closing in on a deal that could be sent to the Legislature as early as […]
GOP Budget Wipes Out Programs That Protect Air, Water
“Because clean air, pure water and adequate resources are crucial to public health and civic order, government has an obligation to protect its citizens from the effects of environmental degradation.” […]
Cable Bill Is A Special Interest Tax Cut
Over the past few months there has been a lot of discussion over the taxation differences between the cable and satellite broadcasting industries. Much of this debate has been set […]
Classroom Funding Proposal Rankles Lawmakers, Catches GOP Caucus By Surprise
Senate President Ken Bennett on April 5 apologized to the GOP caucus — specifically to its two moderates — for failing to inform members that he and House Speaker Jim […]
GOP Lawmakers Visit Tombstone To Support Minuteman Volunteers
A handful of Republican lawmakers who traveled to Tombstone on April 1 to lend their support to the Minuteman Project volunteers said the experience was a positive one. It was […]
Restore Homestead Exemption For Those Living In HOAs
Foreclosure is a cruel and unusual punishment that does not fit the petty “crime” of making a late payment of an association assessment or failing to trim one’s bushes properly. […]
Apprehension In Area Patrolled By Minuteman Volunteers
Breakdown of Border Patrol apprehensions in the Naco area between March 31 and April 3. Minuteman Project volunteers began gathering on April 1 and launched formal patrols in the Naco […]
Brother Schwemberger’s Photographic Legacy
More than 100 years ago, a Franciscan brother living at St. Michaels Mission on the Navajo reservation near Window Rock began experimenting with the mission’s over-size camera, generating images of […]
Religion Was One Of Our Founding Principles
Regarding the relationship between the Democrats and black people, what party was responsible for the freedom of slaves≠ Abraham Lincoln was the first Republican president and it was he who […]
Medical Board Says It Has Reduced Backlog Of Investigation
The Arizona Medical Board says it has beefed up its investigative staff and shortened the average time to complete investigations into complaints about physicians. Word of an investigation backlog came […]
Clean Elections Panel Won’t Act On 2002 Complaints
A state commission on April 4 voted to permanently set aside complaints that Gov. Janet Napolitano and eight other candidates committed campaign finance violations in their 2002 races. The Citizens […]
J. Elliott Hibbs
Retiring Revenue Director Discusses Public Service, Former Governors And Striving For Government...