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Senate Panel Approves Self-Insurance Protections
If the state provides its own health coverage for employees, it must provide benefits and protections required by existing insurance laws. That’s the gist of S1366, which received a favorable […]
GOP-Backed Voter ID Bill Advances
Legislation to change the state’s voter identification requirements squeaked out of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb 18. To comply with the federal Help America Voter Act (HAVA), Arizona enacted […]
Lawmakers Begin Budget Planning, House Creates 4 Working Groups
House Majority Leader Eddie Farnsworth has formed four working groups to begin developing budget proposals for fiscal 2005 and says he plans to have a budget ready for a vote […]
GOP Lawmakers Demand Action On Corrections Overcrowding
The chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee has demanded to know why the director of the Arizona Department of Corrections has not taken action to relieve prison overcrowding. In the […]
Chief Justice: Measures Would Give Legislature More Power
Arizona Chief Justice Charles E. Jones has taken the unusual step of criticizing pending legislation for the second session in a row. “Quite clearly, these bills are intended to inject […]
Private School Tuition Program Gives Kids Chance At Better Education
Arizona’s private school tuition tax credit program has a big name and an even bigger impact on our state’s most vulnerable youngsters. Quite simply, this program allows ordinary folks to […]
Respect Corrections Officer’s Privacy; Don’t Reveal Her Name
Sexual assault is a violent crime that causes profound physical, psychological and emotional trauma. Being taken hostage is a traumatic experience. Being sexually assaulted as a hostage is an ordeal […]
Supreme Court: Teen Murderer’s Maturity Not Adequately Considered
Justices Rule Death Sentence Cannot Stand Until Issue Is Reviewed
Tests Show Tucson Gas Spill Hasn’t Spread, Company Says
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners announced that it has found no petroleum product in two new wells in Tucson drilled to determine if the gasoline spilled when the company’s pipeline ruptured […]
Bennett Promises ‘Bipartisan’ Probe Of Prison Standoff
Democrats might get an equal voice on a joint House-Senate committee that eventually will receive and analyze two investigations into the hostage taking at Arizona State Prison Complex-Lewis that began […]
