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Dems set sights on CD1; Republicans aim to narrow scope
High-level Arizona Republicans are nervous that an open seat in the state's First Congressional District could lead to a third loss in two cycles, and they are looking hard for a... […]
Scottsdale lawmaker’s Bozo a dog-gone good fundraiser
For one Scottsdale lawmaker, the dog days of session this year will refer to a charity dog race, not the often uneventful-days after committees stop meeting but before a budget... […]
Weapons testing facility takes aim at legislators
Tigershark and Mako UAVs (foreground), other military weapons and machinery tested the Yuma Proving Ground were part of the display for the military installation’s day at the Capitol. Arizona is... […]
GOP-led Legislature targets day laborers — again
A proposal to penalize people who linger on street corners seeking work has resurfaced, months after a similar measure was vetoed by Gov. Janet Napolitano.Napolitano listed two objections to last... […]
Infighting stalls board discussion about Hoff’s employment status
The board president of the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind has prevented other members of the board from discussing possible discipline of the school’s superintendent as a result... […]
Families Divided: Left behind, a teenager tries to hold on to life in America
Editor’s note: This is the first in a continuing series of stories written by advanced journalism students at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State... […]
Divided Families: American at heart: Family struggles to start over in Mexico
IXTAPAN DE LA SAL, Mexico — Hector and Marcos are about as American as two young men can be.They wear jeans and T-shirts. They are rarely without their cell phones.... […]
Tight budgets, rising costs squeeze states
Like an American tourist in Europe, states are seeing their dollars just don’t go as far as they used to.Not only was the amount of tax revenue states collected during... […]
Goldwater Institute vows appeal on $97 million tax rebate
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on April 2 upheld the constitutionality of a $97 million tax rebate granted by the city of Phoenix to lure the development of an... […]
Audit: Mental health program conditions worsen
Six months after the state hired Magellan Health Services to take control of Maricopa County’s failing mental health program, treatment of the mentally ill has grown worse, according to an... […]
Liquor sales down, more DUI laws on the way
Gary Maughan, franchise holder of the popular sports bar and restaurant Famous Sam's, started to notice a drop in liquor sales late last year – right around the time that... […]
Crunch time looms for English learner program
Challenges include money, space, teachers, segregated instruction
