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National Park employees spend more time aiding Border Patrol
Four years after drug smugglers fleeing Mexican police fatally shot park ranger Kris Eggle, an $18 million, 30-mile steel-and-concrete vehicle barrier has almost stopped such incursions at this desert park […]
Session numbers
Session length: 164 days The record: 173 days* Number of bills passed: 438 Bills filed this year: 1,453** Vetoes so far: 34 *In 1988, partly due to the impeachment of […]
Bills passed on day 164
Lawmakers passed 12 bills during the final legislative day June 21. The day stretched into June 22, with adjournment coming at 12:12 a.m. H2177: Health Insurance Premium Tax Credit H2702: […]
Signatures filed for statewide smoking ban initiative
No Smokes Bill Pfeifer, president of the American Lung Association’s Arizona chapter, backs a statewide initiative to ban smoking in shops, bars and restaurants. The signatures of what appears to […]
Report: Arizona in top 10 for increase in carbon dioxide emissions
FYI: Arizona’s overall carbon-dioxide emissions rose to 87.6 million tons from 15.5 million tons in the four decades surveyed, a fivefold increase. Talk about greenhouse gases is in the air, […]
Final hours: accolades, angst, antics
Is it over≠Sen. Thayer Verschoor peeks to see if the Senate’s still in session late into the night. It is “We end the session. We passed the budget and we […]
Lawmaker questions justice’s involvement in veto court challenge
Rep. Tully: ‘There is an obvious appearance of conflict of interest there’ By Paul Davenport The Associated Press One of the five Arizona Supreme Court justices who will decide Republican […]
Bill Coates joins ‘Capitol Times’ staff
Bill Coates Bill Coates joins the Arizona Capitol Times staff following a stint of freelance writing — for the Capitol Times and other publications. During that time, Mr. Coates often […]
Napolitano vetoes property rights bill on slum clearance
Governor Napolitano on June 6 vetoed a bill to impose new restrictions on municipalities’ use of eminent domain to compel property sales to clear slum areas, though a supporter of […]
Candidates for state offices, legislative seats file petitions by deadline
The following is a list of candidates who turned in their nominating petitions for state office by the June 14 deadline. Note: Petitions are counted but not verified by the […]
220 candidates seek state offices
Making the filing deadline Rep. Russell Pearce, R-18 (left), files nominating petitions for re-election as Don Goldwater gets a close-up from a TV crew as he files papers to run […]
Rep. Pierce wants ACC spot if Spitzer leaves for fed post
Rep. Gary Pierce A state representative is hoping his involvement in the state Republican Party will give him the inside track on replacing Arizona Corporation Commissioner Marc Spitzer on the […]
