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Seventeen lawmakers have been recognized by the League of Arizona Cities and Towns for leadership and overall voting records during the 2003 session that were “pro city,” according to Kevin Adam, legislative coordinator for the League. Mr. Adam reported that ...

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 ...

Latest Results Show 8th Graders Did Better In 5th Grade

A state Commerce Department report that warned of the vulnerability of Arizona’s gas supply and distribution system has been removed from two Internet sites. The report, a PowerPoint presentation made in May by Mark Ellery, a Commerce energy policy adviser, ...

Rep. Ted Downing, D-Dist. 28, and Rep. Ben Miranda, D-Dist. 16, say they may go to court if the Arizona Corporation Commission does not turn over the documentation it has gathered on the gasoline pipeline that burst in Tucson. The ...

Sixth District Congressman Jeff Flake will lend his support to a new drive to ban public funding of political campaigns instead of running his own anti-public funding campaign. Matthew Specht, spokesman for the Arizona Republican, said Mr. Flake “has read ...

Governor Napolitano says gasoline prices are “now being controlled by the market.” At her weekly news briefing Sept. 2, the governor said continued high gas prices are reflective of the oil shortage in Venezuela and from Iraq, the after effects ...

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 ...

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 ...