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McCain, Kyl warn of government burdens on private sector
Sens. John McCain and Jon Kyl take questions at a Scottsdale luncheon sponsored by the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry. As the U.S. economy struggles to regain its footing […]
GOP says budget process more open, yet not totally transparent
Months after promising a more transparent budget process, Republican legislative leaders reported that they've made significant progress toward that goal – even if it has yet to be fully achieved. […]
AZ judges cleared to probe suspicious payments
Drug traffickers had modified SUVs to haul thousands of pounds of marijuana across the border — with help from scouts, night-vision goggles and encrypted radios. Posting large sums of money […]
Neal Young to head up DES, Jack Husted to Game and Fish Commission
Gov. Jan Brewer on April 9 named former Department of Economic Security official Neal Young as the department’s next director, while former State Transportation Board Chairman Jack Husted was named […]
Rural hospitals particularly vulnerable to budget cuts
Cobre Valley Community Hospital in Globe is one of 19 rural hospitals in Arizona. Residents in small communities sometimes travel 50 miles or more to reach the nearest hospital. And […]
U.S. Dept. of Education finalizes rules for distribution of stimulus money
The federal government will release hundreds of millions of dollars to prop up Arizona’s schools system with a proviso that the money must be used to restore education funding to […]
Republicans to Democrats: Let’s vote on your budget plan
Republicans lawmakers have challenged Democrats to deliver a budget proposal and put it up for a vote, saying the minority party will fail to convince all of its members to […]
Feds pouring $813 million into Maricopa County
Only Cook County, Ill., receiving more stimulus money
Phoenix-Tucson passenger rail touted as public-private partnership
Rep. Steve Farley, A Tucson Democrat, said a rail route between Phoenix and Tucson would be one of the target projects of H2396, a bill that would allow public-private partnership […]
House Republicans enter the blogosphere
The Arizona House Republican Caucus was already using Twitter and Facebook, but state GOP representatives now have added blogging to their online arsenal. Posts on http://www.azhouserepublicans.com/ were time stamped as […]
Hands tied by Prop. 108
Lawmakers want to eliminate tax credits, but authority is in question
Flake uses lobbying scandal to push earmark case
U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake represents Arizona’s 6th Congressional District. A growing scandal over a lobbying firm specializing in defense issues has given U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake his latest target in […]
