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Application Deadline For Clean Elections Seat Is Dec. 17
The deadline for applying to fill a seat that is opening on the state Citizens Clean Elections Commission has been set at Dec. 17. Applications must be completed and submitted... […]
Tucson School District Considers Allowing Ads On Buses
Some school buses in Tucson may start displaying ads for businesses that want to pay to promote their products or services. Tucson Unified School District officials are studying the idea... […]
State Adds 1,000 New Prison Cells To Ease Overcrowding
Overcrowding at Arizona prisons will be reduced by more than one-third when expansions at three prisons are opened the week of Dec. 13. Department of Corrections spokeswoman Cam Hunter said... […]
State Gets Grant To Help Reduce Suicides
State efforts to reduce suicides among senior citizens and young people, particularly Native Americans, considered at risk for suicide owing to various behavioral patterns, have received a $254,000 boost from... […]
Associate Presiding Judge Picked
The Arizona Supreme Court has announced its selection of Associate Presiding Judge Barbara Mundell to serve as presiding judge for a five-year term starting July 1. Ms. Mundell will be... […]
Lawmaker Concerned Over AG’s Diminished Role In Saving Military Bases
While the Defense Department works on its recommendations to Congress for base closures, the Legislature will be dealing with how much authority the state should have in protecting military airports... […]
Study: Minority Child Deaths Disproportionately High In Arizona
Deaths among minority children in Arizona, especially Hispanics, were disproportionately high compared to those of White children, according to a state study of child fatalities in 2003. Hispanic children make... […]
Panel Recommends 5-Year Phase-In Of All-Day K
The interim committee charged with finding a way to implement full-day kindergarten classes at all Arizona public schools recommended that students be phased in to the longer classes over five... […]
Anonymous Donor Pays Elections Fines For 2 Candidates
An anonymous benefactor offered to bail out two legislative candidates who violated Clean Elections law to the tune of $30,000, and the Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted to take the... […]
Cost Of State’s Self-Insured Health Program Increasing 13%
The cost of the state’s self-insured health program is expected to increase 13 per cent beginning Oct. 1, 2005, Department of Administration Director Betsey Bayless told a legislative panel Dec.... […]
Supreme Court Agrees To Hear Racial Profiling Case
The Arizona Supreme Court agreed Dec. 1 to rule on whether motorists can use claims of racial profiling as a defense in criminal trials stemming from traffic stops by police.... […]
