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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 ...

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 ...

Agency’s Executive Director Says There Was ‘No Merit’ To His Claim

Is two years of dwindling revenue collections evidence that Arizona is in need of a comprehensive overhaul of its tax policies≠ Officials attending a workshop of Arizona’s financial future heard that question Aug. 27 at the Arizona League of Cities ...

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Three months before Phoenix’s gasoline supply was interrupted by a broken pipeline, the state Department of Commerce warned in a report of “chaos” and “mayhem” if the city’s fuel supplies were shut down entirely. The warning was so colorful that ...

The Teammates: By David Halberstam, Hyperion, 217 pages, $22.95 “The Teammates” is a book about four guys who played baseball extremely well, but it is the type of book that may appeal to many who don’t have the slightest idea ...

I read the Legislative Interim Committees list in the Aug. 15 issue [Page 19]. I see an Auto Theft Authority committee, a Marriage and Communication Skills committee, a Game and Fish Fees Review committee and a Prostate Cancer Task Force, ...