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GOP attorney in IRC case says Voting Rights Act ruling should be retroactive
A GOP attorney who is challenging Arizona’s legislative maps said a federal judge should retroactively apply the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling that scrapped the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act, even though Arizona was still subject to the law when the maps were implemented.
Horne probing possible violations by Glendale council
The Arizona Attorney General's Office is investigating possible violations of the state's open meeting law by the Glendale City Council.
White House touts health-care benefits for Arizonans; state lawmakers bolt
More than 420,000 Arizonans will get health insurance rebates under Obamacare, the White House said Thursday, as President Barack Obama went on the offensive for his beleaguered health-care plan.
Arizona’s low taxes, spending get high marks on national economic ranking
Arizona ranked seventh in the nation for its economic performance over a 10-year period and sixth for its economic outlook, according to 2013 ranking discussed Thursday at a Heritage Foundation forum.
Internet sales collections should be turned into tax relief, study suggests
Arizona’s economy could receive a boost from tax collections on Internet and remote sales if lawmakers choose to use the new revenue stream to lower the state’s personal income tax rates, according to a new study.
Corporation Commission asks for public’s views on electricity deregulation
The Arizona Corporation Commission has asked the public to weigh in on electricity deregulation, which would break up the state’s system of “regulated monopoly” under which a handful of public utility companies are in charge of generating and distributing power to homes and industries.
Napolitano approved as Calif. university president
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was approved Thursday as the first female president of the 10-campus University of California system and is expected to begin the job in September.
Arizona’s unemployment rate rises to 8 percent
Arizona's unemployment rate has inched up to 8 percent.
Official cites Arizona’s water management as model for Colorado River
The director of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that there is no “silver bullet” to the problem of rising demand for water from the Colorado River.
Napolitano making debut before university board
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano was scheduled to be formally introduced Thursday to the 26 people who are expected to become her new bosses ai??i?? members of the University of California's governing board.
Judge rules burning trash isn’t renewable energy
The Arizona Corporation Commission shouldn't have approved an electric generation project's planned use of power generated by a trash incinerator to qualify as renewable energy, a judge has ruled.
Appeals court will consider whether inmates’ case is a class action
A federal appellate court has agreed to decide whether Arizona’s 33,000 prisoners can be in a lawsuit alleging that prison healthcare and confinement conditions amount to cruel and unusual punishment.
