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The Tanque Verde Unified School District has held down administrative costs at the expense of the staff, but staff prefers working there because of a friendly working environment, concludes a performance audit by the Office of the Auditor General. An ...

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The Arizona Lottery is getting out of the business of providing help for problem gamblers. Beginning in September, the Lottery’s problem gambling program, which was mandated by the Legislature in 1999, will be transferred to the Department of Gaming. “The ...

Governor Napolitano says the Legislature “is going to have to step up to the plate” to help solve problems with Child Protective Services. At the same time, the governor said child abuse problems begin with parents. “CPS didn’t send a ...

The state’s health care program for indigents might have to pay for more care for illegal immigrants, under a ruling of the Arizona Supreme Court. In a 4-0 opinion released Aug. 21, the state Supreme Court ruled that the Arizona ...

Administrative appeals for three former legislative candidates accused of misusing more than $100,000 in public campaign money have been continued until September and October. The Citizens Clean Elections Commission on April 29 ordered that the three ex-candidates return all the ...

The former deputy director of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission has filed a lawsuit alleging that he was illegally fired for blowing the whistle on a politically motivated inquiry into the campaign finances of then-gubernatorial candidate Matt Salmon. Mesa attorney ...

The House Judiciary Committee has voted 10-0 on an order granting Jack Rose, former executive secretary of the Arizona Corporation Commission, immunity and compelling him to answer questions on matters concerning a Southern Union Co. bid to buy Southwest Gas ...

Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard and several state lawmakers, mostly Democrats, are looking into anti-price gouging legislation in the wake of the recent gasoline shortages in the Phoenix metropolitan area. Arizona doesn’t have an anti-gouging law on the books, but ...

The Court has received a number of letters and calls in response to the creation of a new juror scofflaw court to begin in October 2003. The jury scofflaw court will bring in jurors who intentionally disregard jury summons to ...