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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 […]
Corrections chief: New law will help parolees find homes
Prisons Director Dora Schriro said her department will have an easier time getting paroled inmates into housing with a new law that passed in June.“Homelessness is a challenge for us,” […]
Napolitano urges unions to elect more Democrats in 2008
More than 100 AFL-CIO delegates from across Arizona met in Phoenix last week for their biennial convention, which addressed swelling membership numbers and their latest political accomplishments. The two-day event […]
KidsCare expansion waits on Washington
Legislature will have to kick in more if funding OK
Newspaper wins public records dispute with Arpaio
An appeals court victory by a West Valley newspaper in a public records dispute with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may not be the end of the issue. The sheriff […]
Sales tax holidays cost states, but are popular with politicians, shoppers
August means the ka-ching of cash registers ringing up back-to-school items and while shoppers are expected to shell out $18 billion on school clothes and supplies this year, more than […]
National Democrats target 3rd Congressional District
Hoping to increase their fledgling majority in Congress and expand upon their success in the 2006 elections, national Democratic Party leaders have trained their sights on a new target: Arizona’s […]
Author tells lawmakers teachers need double major
Historian: Students need better history lessons beginning in elementary grades
Fatalities spark renewed interest in text messaging bill
The deaths of two women in Peoria in a car accident reportedly caused by a driver sending text messages on a cell phone has renewed the drive of one legislator […]
