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Like two opposite reviews, judgment is still out on whether Arizona’s smaller museums are faring well in this sluggish economy. Some say the number of visitors is up, others say it’s down. Museum directors do agree that the threat of ...

Amid an impasse on the fiscal 2004 budget, the Senate has acted on several bills May 19-May 21, including passage of increased unemployment benefits and defeat of a bill to restrict desegregation spending by school districts. The Senate killed the ...

Exempting Procurement Code May Trigger Veto

Southeastern Arizona Is Home To More Than 300 Species

‘Currently I feel our Republican leadership is “out of step” with Arizona’s citizens in regards to current education cuts, elimination of early childhood block programs, community health funding and ALTCS [stands for Arizona Long Term Care System — editor] responsibility ...

Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition (PAFCo) (of which Arizona Bridge to Independent Living is a member) sponsored a rally April 10 to advocate for sensible and responsible state budgeting for fiscal 2004. Hundreds of people crowded the east lawn of the ...

Stock market losses will significantly reduce the distributions to beneficiaries of state land trusts, the state Treasurer’s Office is forecasting. Treasurer David Petersen sent a letter May 14 to the governor and legislative leaders, among others, to inform them that ...

House Moderates Plan To Offer Changes

Participants in the state-run Local Government Investment Pools may soon see slightly higher returns. The Arizona State Board of Investment, which oversees the investments made through the state Treasurer’s Office, on May 21 approved changes that allow the pools to ...

Defection Of 2 GOP Senators Forces Bipartisan Talks