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Gov. Jan Brewer has certainly inherited a fine fiscal mess from her predecessor. This has inspire her to take desperate measures to try to keep state government afloat. The most desperate, unnecessary and damaging of these measures is a reputedly ...

For several weeks, the domestic violence community waited with bated breath for the Arizona Department of Economic Security to pass down its sentence for cuts to services for victims of domestic violence. Along with the lump sum reduction handed down ...

President Barack Obama has launched an ambitious economic stimulus plan that makes public-private partnerships key to America’s economic rebound. The president is proposing the greatest investment in infrastructure “since the creation of the federal highway system in the 1950s.” And ...

Let me begin by thanking you for the great honor of serving you in the state Legislature. Now that the state’s revenue figures are revealed and the details of the federal bailout bill are coming to light, it is time ...

This commentary is a response to a Feb. 27 article in the Arizona Capitol Times (“Republicans advance abortion bill; Dems walk out in protest”).Dems walk out in protest”) H2564, Abortion Consent Act, is a common-sense measure that protects women, children, ...

Gov. Jan Brewer needs to support the Western Climate Initiative. Two years ago, former Gov. Janet Napolitano signed an agreement with four other states to establish the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). In 2005 Arizona’s Climate Change Advisory Group began documenting ...

With a gross state product of $247 billion, Arizona’s economy is on a par with Hong Kong and Switzerland, two of the world’s leading financial hubs. Our productivity exceeds even the oil-rich United Arab Emirates and 187 other nations. On ...

Last month, as part of the 49th Arizona Legislature’s Budget Summit, Arizona Chamber members Wells Fargo, Motorola Inc., Freeport McMoran Copper & Gold Inc., Rimrock Company, U.S. Airways, and Lee & Associates on a panel of business leaders moderated by ...

All over the state parents and students are rallying against proposed budget cuts to Arizona’s public colleges and universities. Instead of focusing ire at legislators, who are literally between a rock and a hard place, there’s another avenue these newly-minted ...

Local and national news outlets are reporting on a U.S. District Court jury trial that involves a rancher being sued for detaining illegal immigrants as they crossed his ranch.It is unfortunate that southeast Arizona rancher Roger Barnett felt compelled to ...