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Pro and con groups consider possible role in Pearce recall set for Nov. 8
With the special election for the recall of Senate President Russell Pearce set for Nov. 8, both the backers and opponents of the recall effort must decide what to do with their organizational structures.
Births, not new immigrants, push US Latino growth
With immigration slowing, babies born in the U.S. rather than newly arrived Mexican immigrants are now driving most of the fast growth in the Latino population.
Births, not new immigrants, push US Latino growth
With immigration slowing, babies born in the U.S. rather than newly arrived Mexican immigrants are now driving most of the fast growth in the Latino population.
House speaker Tobin cool to redistricting change
An Arizona legislator is calling for a special legislative election so voters can decide whether to eliminate the state's redistricting commission.
Legislative committee weighs sweeping changes to school financing system
A legislative committee on Wednesday debated changing the way student success is measured in Arizona schools, which would also change the structure of education funding.
Corp Comm begins debate over giving garbage burning ‘renewable’ status
The Corporation Commission finally began hearing testimony surrounding a proposed waste incinerator today, after the item was pulled from two previous agendas and was bumped from yesterday’s hearing schedule due to time constraints.
IRC Facebook page becomes point of confusion
The Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission found itself in a Facebook fracas for several days this week, as an account bearing the commission's name, but run by a local blogger, turned into a forum for opinions, and ginned up accusations from some that the IRC was using it for political purposes.
Bathroom pot find leads Pierce to propose corp comm drug test, K-9 office search
After marijuana was discovered in a bathroom in a restricted area of the Arizona Corporation Commission offices, Chairman Gary Pierce today asked his fellow commissioners to consent to drug tests and a search of their offices by a drug-sniffing dog.
Horne asked to probe IRC, Mathis
Brewer's office isn't the only one to receive a landslide of complaints of the IRC's recent hiring of Strategic Telemetry or Mathis, whose vote was critical in securing the services of the firm.
U.S. Health Department lays out flexible timetable for state insurance exchanges
Arizona lawmakers who are hesitant about creating a state-run health insurance exchange, a key provision of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, will have some extra time to debate the issue.
Arizona eyes more private prison contracts
A company that operates an Arizona prison where three violent offenders escaped last year is among four firms that the Arizona Department of Corrections is proposing be awarded new prison bed contracts.
Flake claims $2M in early Senate funds; experts say millions more needed
Rep. Jeff Flake, R-Mesa, said Monday that he has more than $2 million in the bank already for his bid to replace retiring Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., in 2012.
