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Senate Panel Attacks Municipal Tax Incentives For Big Business
Bill Would Withhold Revenue Sharing From Cities
Statewide Voter Registration Increases By 14,000
Voter registration across Arizona has increased by nearly 14,000 since last October. Secretary of State Jan Brewer announced Feb. 1 that the statewide voter registration total stood at 2,253,370 as... […]
Single Vote Transportation Tax Goes To November Ballot
Pressure From Cities, Big Business Irks Light Rail Opponents
Bills Target Clean Elections, No Hearings Scheduled
The reference titles of the bills say “Clean Elections,” but the sponsors of the two similar measures say enactment would make life easier for privately funded candidates. The two similar... […]
Speaker Wants Legislature To Conduct Prison Probe
House Speaker Jake Flake, R-Dist. 5, says he thinks the Legislature needs to take a look at what happened when two inmates took over a watchtower at the Lewis prison... […]
Arts Are Alive in Arizona, And Do Make A Difference
Take a look around the state. Communities as diverse as Mesa, Tucson, Yuma, Phoenix, Prescott, Bisbee and others have realized that the arts are essential partners in shaping our future.... […]
Buying Locally, You May Keep Your Family Safe from Food-Borne Diseases
Arizona’s half billion dollar cattle industry — like that in every other Western state — has already begun to feel the adverse effects of the arrival of mad cow disease... […]
Senator Wants ‘Purposeful’ Preamble To Constitution
We, the people of the State of Arizona, grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution. — Preamble to the Arizona Constitution The Arizona Constitutional Convention 93... […]
Major Tax Reform Not On Legislature’s Front Burner
Governor’s Tax Reform Commission Issues Report
Doctor Tells Panel That Minors Aren’t ‘Culpable,’ Should Be Spared Death Penalty
A psychiatrist who specializes in treating adolescents told the Senate Judiciary Committee Feb. 3 that minors who murder should not be put to death because a part of their brain... […]
