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Campaign finance reformers target Supreme Court decision
Feeling handcuffed by a decades-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling, four U.S. senators have proposed amending the Constitution to grant lawmakers complete control to regulate the raising and spending of campaign... […]
1st Congressional District: Who
Corporation Commissioner Kris Mayes and former Yavapai County Republican Chairman Steve Pierce said Oct. 29 they’re off the list of potential Republican candidates for the 1st Congressional District. Mayes told... […]
Democrat spat over budget votes still percolating
Call it the issue that just won’t go away. Nearly 10 months after the Republican House speaker exercised his power and changed the committee assignments of several Democrat lawmakers at... […]
Navajos, Gallup Agree on water pipeline pact
Navajo Nation President Joe Shirley Jr. and Gallup Mayor Harry Mendoza have signed a memorandum of understanding that calls for them to work together to see that two pipelines are... […]
Kids left behind by parents in prison
Waiting for mother’s returnClara Chavez-Cresto says her grandchildren have been doing well, despite the hardship of taking care of them while their mother serves time in prison. With her (from... […]
Going after dust in the Valley
Asthma corridors Rusty Bowers, executive director of the Arizona Rock Products Association, points to a map that shows asthma rates by ZIP code in and around Maricopa County. Bowers says... […]
Republicans offer ‘50-50 plan’ to wipe out $374 million in red ink
A day after a legislative budgetary agency announced the state’s mounting deficit had grown to $374 million after the first quarter of the fiscal year, House Republicans said they hope... […]
NAU survey: People don’t like toll roads
Traffic congestion is an important problem to nearly everyone in Arizona, but a majority does not see toll roads as a solution, a university survey showed. Instead, more than half... […]
State took no action on Pima County election ‘security flaws’
A spokesman for Secretary of State Jan Brewer was asked Nov. 1 if the state took any specific action regarding shortcomings in the Pima County elections system cited in a... […]
McCain sharpens attack on Romney in New Hampshire
As his own chances at the presidency look weaker than they once were, Arizona Sen. John McCain is playing a new role, sharpening his critiques on other presidential front-runners.And while... […]
Poll: Clinton is in; McCain, Romney even
Presidential candidates made sure they were well acquainted with Arizona voters four years ago, when the state held its primary right after Iowa and New Hampshire. This year, Arizona’s primary... […]
State OKs new computer system for 2007 taxes
A new computer system for processing and organizing tax data has been given the go-ahead to tackle it’s biggest job yet — an estimated 2.7 million individual 2007 state income... […]
