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Time to figure out the Corp Comm’s limits?
The Corp Comm today (Sept. 8) discussed but took no action on Burns and Bitter Smith’s suggestion that regulated and unregulated entities that appear before them refrain from Corp Comm electioneering.
Latino activists want police to note race, ethnicity, age and gender of people they stop
Saying it will prove discrimination, Latino activists want state lawmakers to enact a requirement for police to detail the race, ethnicity, age and gender of everyone they stop.
Schools chief recall organizer alleges Douglas’ chief acted improperly
The chief organizer of a recall against state schools chief Diane Douglas is asking the Attorney General’s Office to investigate whether her chief of staff acted improperly in sending an email about the effort to an independent education group.
Lawyer asks judge not to punish Border Patrol for erased detention center videotapes
A lawyer for the government is urging a federal judge not to punish the Border Patrol for recording over videotapes of conditions at several Arizona detention centers.
Top-two primary advocates eye January launch
Former Phoenix Mayor Paul Johnson is hoping to have final language for his revamped top-two primary measure in November, with plans to launch the campaign and signature-gathering effort in January. “They key to the language, obviously, is keeping it simple enough that the voters will vote for it but still has enough meat on it that it’s enforceable.
Congress returns from recess facing long to-do list, short calendar
When Congress returns today from a five-week vacation, its members had better be rested. They face a laundry list of issues, ranging from a vote on the Iran nuclear deal to a possible Planned Parenthood funding fight to gun control – not to mention the “elephant in the room,” passage of a federal budget by Sept. 30 to avoid a government shutdown.
Congress wades into toxic mine spill caused by EPA crew
The focus on a toxic mine spill that fouled rivers in three Western states shifts to Congress this week as lawmakers kick off a series of hearings into how the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency accidentally unleashed the deluge of poisoned water.
Secretary of State Reagan asks US Supreme Court to void Arizona legislative maps
Secretary of State Michele Reagan has joined with Republican interests in asking the U.S. Supreme Court to void the state’s current legislative redistricting plan.
Ruling lets 82 campaign finance scofflaws off the hook
More than 80 candidates and committees suspected of various violations of Arizona’s election laws recently got some good news from the Attorney General’s Office – all is forgiven, thanks to a federal judge’s ruling that invalidated a key campaign finance statute.
Cap Times Q&A: Justice Rebecca White Berch ‘Our highest joy is to read the law’
Arizona Supreme Court Justice Rebecca White Berch is ending 17 years on the bench, 13 of them on the Arizona Supreme Court, with her retirement on Sept. 28.
Companies to stop ‘revenge makeover’ ads using ex-governor Brewer
Two online marketing companies that ceased publishing ads depicting former Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer as an over-the-hill divorcee who needed a "revenge makeover" could still face legal action from her.
Educators reveal how they handle tough times in schools throughout the state
Torunn Randich flew halfway around the world just to attend a job fair for the Phoenix Union High School District. Now an 11th-grade English teacher at Carl Hayden High School, Randich, 38, was teaching in the United Arab Emirates at the time.
