Headlines from The Past
This week five years ago (April 25, 2003):Census: Immigration sustains urban counties, outer suburbs flourishImmigration was one factor that helped stabilize some of the nation’s largest cities last year. Researchers […]
Eight lawmakers out
Why five senators and three representatives voted against budget fix
YS sniffs out political red herring
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes The political blogosphere is a tricky animal when it comes to accuracy. The Yellow Sheet Report checks out at least 50 such sites daily, just […]
Governor now must decide on rules bills
Legislators aim to reestablish committee to oversee rules and regulations
Lawmakers close to approving revisions to employer sanctions
Lawmakers are close to approving revisions to the state’s employer sanctions law. After the measure languished in the Senate for nearly a month, senators have temporarily approved a bill that […]
Backers of ‘multimodal’ initiative hope to tap new revenue
Coalition seeks one-cent sales tax for transportation
Guest-worker proposal would face ‘20 amendments’
The proposal to set up a guest-worker program in Arizona has drawn fire from Republicans, who say it would undercut local workers and add uncompensated care to the health system.Republicans […]
Utilities back bill to halt ‘clean-car’ rules, but not for that reason
Major Arizona utilities have pushed for a bill to kill rules limiting greenhouse-gas emissions, an apparent reversal of earlier support for a state “clean-car” program.The Arizona Department of Environment Quality […]
New tax on liquor dead for now
Two years after helping usher in the largest tobacco tax in state history to fund children's healthcare programs, Arizona's liquor industry found itself the target of a similar levy. […]
Dems file fundraising complaint against Bee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee this week filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against State Senate President Tim Bee and an organization calling itself the […]