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Tucson Group Wants To See Raise Minimum Wage Increased To $5.95
Arizona would have a minimum wage under a proposed voter initiative launched by a Tucson-based group. Five Fifteen Isn’t Working filed its proposed constitutional amendment (serial no. C-01-2006) on Jan. […]
JLBC: Budget In The Red Despite Rising Revenue
Revenues for the current year may be up, but the Joint Legislative Budget Committee is still predicting a shortfall of nearly half a billion dollars for next year’s budget, largely […]
Supreme Court In 2005
On June 12, 2005, Arizona Chief Justice Charles E. Jones will reach the constitutionally mandated retirement age of 70 for the state’s Supreme Court justices. Private attorney Jones, a Republican, […]
Raising Minimum Wage Is Social Justice
When the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968 while in Memphis to support the AFSCME (American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees) sanitation workers’ strike, […]
We Must Prevent Our State From Funding Human Cloning
Imagine a world in which animal-human hybrids and genetically enhanced post-humans roam the earth; eugenic techniques produce babies made-to-order; spare body parts from any number of cloned copies of yourself […]
Governor: Don’t Change AHCCCS Enrollment Requirements
Lawmakers Express Concern As Numbers In Program Increase, Costs Soar
‘We Are Taking This Issue Directly To The People’
Groups Plan To Place Initiative Defining Marriage On Ballot
Groups Plan To Put Marriage Protection On Ballot
A group that opposes same-sex marriage will mount an initiative campaign to put a state constitutional amendment on Arizona’s 2006 ballot instead of seeking legislative action as previously planned, leaders […]
Group Seeks To Launch Initiative To Raise Minimum Wage
A Tucson-based group is launching an initiative to create a minimum wage in Arizona that’s higher than the federal minimum of $5.15 an hour. “Five Fifteen Isn’t Working” filed its […]
Opening Day For The 47th Legislature
Here’s a quick look at the 47th Legislature and its opening day: CEREMONY: The House and Senate convene separately in their own chambers at noon today, with members taking the […]
Agencies’ No. 1 Issues
Attorney General: More Lending Regulation Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard would like to see additional regulation and disclosures from lenders offering high-cost home loans. A “high-cost” loan is one that […]
