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Coolidge City Council moves toward allowing only Christian prayer
A proposal under consideration by the city council in the Arizona city of Coolidge would allow only Christian prayers before its meetings.
DeWit: Team Ducey ‘not good, honest, moral people’
DeWit opened up to the Republic’s Laurie Roberts and savaged Ducey and his allies, calling them the bad guys in a dispute that began over policy but has since turned into a personal grudge match.
Southwestern ranchers say Border Patrol not protecting them
The U.S. Border Patrol does not go far enough to protect Southwestern ranchers from smugglers and others who cross the Mexican border illegally, the business owners said Wednesday during a conference of border sheriffs in Arizona.
Arizona’s lead educator has squandered her elected position
To say I am disappointed or embarrassed at Arizona’s superintendent of public instruction is an understatement.
Along proposed commuter rail line, leaders see growth potential
A lot would have to happen before a commuter rail line passes through Queen Creek, but Mayor Gail Barney sees great potential in the idea.
At one border crossing, Mexico requiring U.S. citizens to show passports
At the Puerta Este border crossing, U.S. citizens and other foreigners walking into Mexico must now show their passports.
Arpaio to testify at deposition in racial profiling case
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is scheduled to testify at a deposition in preparation for contempt-of-court hearings for his acknowledged violations of a judge's orders in a racial profiling case.
Paperwork error lands Burns in hot seat
Bitter Smith isn’t the only Corp Commissioner whose lobbying activities are drawing scrutiny: Burns is registered as a lobbyist for a telecom trade group, the Arizona Telecommunications and Information Council, the Republic reported this morning.
CAP, partners and a wet spring stave off river shortage
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently released a report confirming that the U.S. Secretary of the Interior will not declare an anticipated shortage of water on the Colorado River in January, 2016.
Book of Lobbyists bites Bitter Smith
The Capitol Times’ annual Book of Lobbyists publication is now attorney Tom Ryan’s latest evidence that Bitter Smith has conflicts of interest and should be removed from the Corp Comm.
Reward for info in Phoenix freeway shootings raised to $50K
The reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in a string of 11 shootings on Phoenix-area freeways was raised Monday to $50,000.
Cactus League expansion limited by funding, economic impact still significant
Greater Phoenix has increasingly become a destination for MLB teams to prepare for the season. Seven ballclubs called the Valley their spring training home in 2002.
