Education group pushes tobacco tax
First Things First files signatures for initiative to fund kids programs
Lawmakers debate benefits, drawbacks of tax cuts
Lopes responds House Minority Leader Phil Lopes disagrees with House Speaker Jim Weiers, who argued that tax cuts generate more state revenue by stimulating the economy. Both sat on a […]
State Bar names new head of Young Lawyers Division
Nicole Seder-Cantelme The State Bar of Arizona has appointed Nicole Seder-Cantelme to serve as president of its Young Lawyers Division and to join the Board of Governors, the Bar’s governing […]
Game and Fish takes comments on building forest roads
The Game and Fish Department has been seeking public comment about whether to build new roads in the state’s national forests. Game and Fish officials will visit a dozen Arizona […]
Game and Fish worker ends interview by retiring
Jim deVos returned a reporter’s call early in the afternoon. Mr. deVos was chief of research at Arizona Game and Fish, and the reporter had some questions about a study […]
Republicans eye House leadership positions
Rep. Gary Pierce House Republicans are jockeying for position as the frontrunner for the caucus’ top leadership post will run for a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission instead of […]
U.S. Supreme Court kills Vermont campaign contribution, spending law
When it comes to politics, money talks. And that’s as it should be, the U.S. Supreme Court said June 26 in a decision that struck down Vermont’s limits on campaign […]
Brewer: Napolitano campaign spending appeared to jump gun
Secretary of State Jan Brewer says Governor Napolitano’s publicly funded campaign may have violated state law by committing to campaign spending for a Web site before Ms. Napolitano formally registered […]
Advocate says Horne has no legal standing to appeal
Briefs in a federal lawsuit over how the state funds programs to teach students English have been filed in federal appeals court in advance of a hearing next month. In […]