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Fund for elderly homeowners sparks feud between County Treasurer Hoskins and state Rep. Olson
A war of accusations has erupted between Maricopa County Treasurer Charles “Hos” Hoskins and Rep. Justin Olson over funding for a property tax credit for low-income, elderly homeowners.
State spurns responsibility to pay for urgent transportation needs, experts say
Experts warn that the future of transportation is changing fast, and Arizona must come up with a 21st century plan to fund the massive infrastructure needs the state is facing.
Cap Times Q&A: Tomi St. Mars – A career built on preventing injuries and death
Tomi St. Mars is the chief of the Office of Injury Prevention at the Arizona Department of Health Services. She started as a medic and emergency nurse 25 years ago, but after seeing the trauma people suffer from easily preventable conditions, moved into the injury prevention field.
Legislative leaders have a plan to get rid of school inflation funding
Republican legislative leaders want to repeal a voter-approved law requiring that lawmakers annually adjust K-12 education funding to account for inflation, arguing that keeping up with the inflation increases year after year is unsustainable.
Bogus Higley school election arguments exclude legitimate views
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery and the chairman of a political action committee plan to push for a law to keep political imposters and other mischief out of voter pamphlets for school elections.
Senate GOP: Texts related to govt. business not public records
Arizona Senate Republicans refuse to turn over text messages between President Andy Biggs and other leaders regarding government business because the caucus does not consider the records public.
Dealer competition, not Tesla monopoly, benefits car buyers
What’s in 2.2 percent? As a percentage of total sales, it’s a number that represents the average pretax, net profit at U.S. franchised new-car dealerships, according to NADA Data 2014.
Strengthen Arizona’s economy by raising college attainment rates
Arizona has a remarkable opportunity to make significant economic gains by increasing its college attainment rate, and the need to do so is pressing.
Auditor claims Commerce Authority’s job creation figures are murky
State auditors are faulting the Arizona Commerce Authority for inflating the numbers it uses in claiming how many jobs it helped bring to the state.
Arizona continues push to open new uranium mines near Grand Canyon
Arizona officials continue to support a federal court battle to allow new uranium mining operations on a million acres surrounding the Grand Canyon.
Former agent testifies at start of Fast and Furious trial
A former Border Patrol agent broke down in tears as he described desperately trying to save the life of a colleague who was shot during a firefight that exposed the bungled federal gun operation known as Fast and Furious.
Gov. Ducey to attend pontiff’s Congressional address
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey will be in the audience as Pope Francis addresses a joint session of Congress. Thursday's event comes a day after Ducey was in the crowd that welcomed the pope to the White House.
