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Bee exploratory committee announcement looms
Senate President Tim Bee is weeks away from filing an exploratory committee in a potential bid to unseat U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords in the 8th Congressional District.Bee, R-30, has taken […]
CCEC struggles to get past financial reporting snafu, budget questions
Action regarding spending by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission in 2007 and details of revenues and expenditures for the 2008/2009 fiscal year stalled as commissioners tried to sort out financial […]
$2.5 million available to help schools cut energy, water usage
Under a new grant program, schools wishing to reduce their energy and water usage can qualify for state funding to install more efficient systems or bring in consultants to get […]
Arizona’s new law spares some juveniles from being prosecuted as adults
Arizona lawmakers leaned toward increasing fines and penalties against criminal offenders, including sex offenders, during the 2007 session.A new law, for example, restricts sexual offenders from living within 1,000 feet […]
National group blasts state’s child welfare system
Says too many kids wind up in foster care
State’s traffic camera project looks beyond speeding tickets
Automated cameras that the state Department of Public Safety wants to deploy along some Arizona highways could be used to do more than catch speeders. Companies bidding for a state […]
Making a case for TV: Old court chamber leaves history behind to become studio
Bench strength In a photo from 1951, Arizona Supreme Court Justices are seated at the old courthouse bench with Chief Justice Levi Udall in the middle. The bench is no […]
Legislative hearing on CPS cases to be open to public
House committee reschedules meeting for Sept. 18
More Hispanics follow lead of many younger voters, register as independents
Democrats hold an edge with Hispanics in national elections, but Latinos’ growing tendency to register as independents and split their vote between parties is buoying Republican prospects for 2008. Younger […]
Democrats elect new party chairman
Longtime Arizona Democrat Don Bivens won a state committee election in Prescott and will serve as the party’s chairman until 2009. Bivens, a former president of the State Bar of […]
Lawmakers question proposal for more math, science classes to graduate
A proposal to require high school students to take more math and science classes before receiving their diplomas is being lauded by the governor and the state’s schools chief, but […]
House panel to review employer sanctions law
The House of Representatives announced it was forming a panel tasked with reviewing the employer sanctions legislation approved by the Legislature and the governor earlier this year.The Ad Hoc Committee […]
