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Republicans mulling 3-pronged approach to illegal immigration
Governor Napolitano has said she won’t sign a state budget unless it is accompanied by a comprehensive immigration plan she agrees with, a move that has rankled some Republican lawmakers […]
Up Close with Rep. Tom Boone, appropriations chairman
Tom Boone heads half of the House’s two-headed approach to appropriations, chairing the Appropriations B Committee. A former superintendent of the Deer Valley Unified School District, the District 4 Republican […]
Key lawmakers oppose increased funding for Phoenix medical school
UofA medical dean says physician training rate lowest in the country
Munsil endorsed by most GOP legislators
With the primary election four months off, Republican candidate for governor Len Munsil has the support of more than half of his party’s legislators, according to public endorsements and an […]
Treasurer mum on newspaper’s call for resignation
Embattled state Treasurer David Petersen, who has come to work only for short periods of time since he became the focus of an investigation into his conduct, is not commenting […]
State challenges court fines in ‘Flores’ case, exemption from AIMS for English learners
In a brief filed May 10, the state’s schools chief asked a federal appeals court to overturn a pair of rulings by a lower court in the Flores v. State […]
Senator plaintiff in federal lawsuit to ban mercury fillings
Sen. Karen Johnson, R-18, a long-time opponent of metal dental fillings, is a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit demanding that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration either ban mercury fillings […]
Napolitano lawyers dispute suit challenging line-item veto
Governor Napolitano’s attorneys have filed a response to a lawsuit filed in March, saying the Legislature doesn’t have standing to bring the suit and she did not violate the Constitution […]
Long-time Republican Hawley Atkinson remembered
Friends, acquaintances and the Legislature remembered John Hawley Atkinson, a long-time Republican figure in Arizona, as a deep-thinking, problem-solving and humble man. Arizona lawmakers passed a resolution noting his death, […]
ER bill pronounced dead by governor
Backers of ill-fated measure say election politics behind veto
Supreme Court explains ruling supporting ouster of lawmaker
Nearly 14 weeks after affirming the decisions of two lower courts that a lawmaker should be removed from office for violating campaign finance laws, the Arizona Supreme Court released an […]
