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Gov. Jan Brewer is planning to attend a "Passing of the Gavel" party tomorrow for Chief Justice Ruth McGregor's impending retirement at the end of the month, and sources say the governor might give a short speech. Some at the Legislature have noted that because the governor's challenge will be heard Tuesday, with McGregor still presiding over the court, the event presents the appearance of impropriety.

Democratic U.S. reps. Ann Kirkpatrick, Gabrielle Giffords and Harry Mitchell scored a legislative victory last night in their quest to restore funding for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP). With a bipartisan vote, the House passed their amendment to ...

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Like two potential Republican gubernatorial candidates have done, Democrat Jim Pederson has launched a Web site to post opinions related to Arizona government.

Voters seem to favor casinos at horse and dog tracks to increase state revenue, according to poll results obtained by the Yellow Sheet Report. Results from polls that tested 600 likely voters, conducted this month by Public Opinion Strategies and in February by Arizona Opinion, show Arizona voters solidly support such gaming.

Luis Heredia, a public affairs spokesman for Union Pacific, has been hired as the new executive director of the Arizona Democratic Party.

A national poll last week showed 45 percent of Americans do not think Janet Napolitano is doing a good job as secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

"Horizon," the public affairs television program for confessed political junkies, is in danger of going off the air because of budget cutbacks at Arizona State University, said former News and Public Affairs Director Mike Philipsen.