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Jan 5, 2007

About a Bill: Sex offenders; address verification

MVD shares records with DPS to track sex offenders What the new law does: Requires the Motor Vehicle Division to provide daily updates to the Department of Public Safety disclosing […]

Jan 5, 2007

95 years of inaugurations: Crowds, speeches and a Capitol lockout

Ninety-five years have passed since Arizona started inaugurating governors. A lot of the ceremony has remained the same. As on Jan. 4, the first one had crowds and speeches on […]

Jan 5, 2007

Think tank defends school voucher programs

In advance of a lawsuit questioning the constitutionality of two recently created private school voucher programs, a national Libertarian think tank has published a report detailing six other voucher-like programs […]

Jan 5, 2007

Elected officials prosecuted by the Arizona Attorney General’s Office since 2003

DOUGLAS K. MARTIN, the Arizona state mine inspector, was indicted in December 2006 on three counts of theft, three counts of fraud and three counts of procurement code fraud. He […]

Jan 5, 2007

Grassroots group thanks voters for wage increase

Winning wage fight Mitzi Pearce, chairwoman for the Mesa ACORN chapter, tells reporters at the Capitol that the Arizona minimum wage will help the workers who do the hardest physical […]

Jan 5, 2007

Horne, lawmakers seek delay in ‘Flores’ trial

Lawyers for the state’s schools chief and the Legislature have asked a federal judge to postpone at least until September a trial of the long-running lawsuit that challenges state funding […]

Jan 5, 2007

Federal suit says ‘Clean Elections’ matching funds trample free speech

A federal appeals court will hear arguments in February that the Clean Elections Act of 1998 effectively chills free speech and coerces candidates to run political campaigns with public funds. […]

Jan 5, 2007

Napolitano launches 2nd term vowing to continue focusing on education

Inaugural pledgeGovernor Napolitano recites the Pledge of Allegiance at her Jan. 4 inauguration ceremony at the Capitol, along with her father, Dr. Leonard Napolitano, retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day […]

Dec 29, 2006

2006 The Year in Review from A to Z

A It’s not often a new senator lands a seat on the Appropriations Committee. But that was the plum for Paula Aboud, the Tucson Democrat appointed Jan. 3 to fill […]

Dec 29, 2006

The Year in Review from L to Z

A jubilant Governor Napolitano speaks to supporters election night. L Voters were faced with two comprehensive ballot measures, both of which were labeled state trust land reform. The defeat of […]

Dec 22, 2006

About a Bill: Restocking fees; disclosures

Sen. Toni Hellon Returning gifts? Disclosure of restocking fees is the law What the new law does: Requires businesses that charge restocking fees on returned or exchanged merchandise to disclose […]

Dec 22, 2006

Democrats irked over 6-4 split on House committees

The will of the voters is being ignored by Republican leaders, Democrats in the House of Representatives said after committee rosters for the upcoming session were announced. The problem, Democrat […]

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