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Capitol Times will accept ‘Best of the Capitol’ award nomination through Feb. 6.
Key supporters put brakes on school-choice issues
Some lawmakers with a passion for school choice are putting proposed legislation on hold while they await an Arizona Supreme Court ruling that could nix two school-voucher programs.Supporters of the […]
Amid fiscal crisis, Legislature pays $400,000 for new computers
Bill for 183 laptops, 192 desktops comes to $400,000
Napolitano warns of mortgaging future with budget cuts
Janet Napolitano won’t be around for the coming battle over Arizona’s budget crisis. But in her seventh and final State of the State address, the outgoing governor left the 49th […]
Napolitano, expecting more federal dollars, urges funding for KidsCare
Janet Napolitano, in what likely was her final State of the State address as governor, urged lawmakers to “protect our advances in health care,” specifically mentioning the state's KidsCare program […]
Arizona bankruptcy filings double in 2008
Three years ago, Jason Coons and his wife Saffron were excited by the takeoff of his wife’s business, a small boutique boasting trendy, high-fashion clothing nestled in what he described […]
Now blogging: Senate Democrats
Senate Democrats have begun a blog, apparently part of a strategy to offer alternative solutions to the budget crisis. “The Arizona Senate Democratic Caucus blog is designed to provide Arizonans […]
Bill would add methadone to DUI law
Arizona’s DUI laws are some of the most severe in the country, and Sen. Jim Waring wants to make the laws even more restrictive with the introduction of a bill […]
Harper bill aims to remove deceased from voting rolls
While campaigning, it wasn’t unusual for Sen. Jack Harper of Surprise to knock on doors and learn that voters whose support he seeks had already died. Other candidates probably have […]
Napolitano sails through Senate hearing
They didn’t rough her up, and confirmation is set to go to the full Senate on Obama’s inauguration day. In a 2-hour, 20-minute hearing Jan. 15 before the Senate Homeland […]
Latino Caucus presses protection for health care, education, housing
Members of the Latino Caucus held a press conference ahead of Gov. Janet Napolitano’s State of the State address on Jan. 12, to press for protection of programs and initiatives […]
7 banks ordered to turn over consultant
Record keepers from seven banks were ordered by the Attorney General's Office to appear at the Citizens Clean Elections Commission office on Jan. 16 to turn over any financial records […]
