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Despite pleas and promises, state can’t deliver on school funding settlement
Before leaving office, former Gov. Jan Brewer urged Arizona lawmakers to settle a nearly $2 billion dispute over inflation funding for K-12 education. Gov. Doug Ducey, in his State of the State address in January, pleaded with lawmakers to settle the case as well.
Navajo farmers reject use of water after mine spill
One of the largest communities of Navajo farmers along the San Juan River has voted to keep irrigation canals closed for at least a year following a spill of toxic sludge at a Colorado gold mine.
US home rents rose in July as ownership market cooled
Several metro areas showed a split in the rental and ownership markets in July. On a month-to-month basis, rents increased in Baltimore, Boston, Minneapolis, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. By contrast, home values in those markets declined.
4 new specialty license plates available in Arizona
The Arizona Department of Transportation has begun offering four new specialty license plates for drivers who want to personalize their vehicles.
Property tax reformer gearing up for fourth attempt at ballot measure
A self-proclaimed property tax reformer is making yet another attempt to convince voters to impose new caps on the annual levy. Lynne Weaver has taken the first steps to putting a measure on the 2016 ballot that would essentially freeze property valuations at where they are now and allow in most cases for only inflationary increases.
Bitter Smith under fire for lobbying ties
Several lawyers and former commissioners are calling out Corp Comm chairwoman Bitter Smith for her ties to a cable industry trade group, and one attorney is considering filing a complaint with the AG to have her be removed from office because of conflict of interest, KJZZ’s Kristena Hansen reported today (Aug. 24).
Summer heat, dying animals: Rural San Tan Valley residents deal with demise of water supply
Rural San Tan Valley area residents were left in a lurch late last month when a water utility shut off a standpipe they used to fill water tanks and hydrate their families, pets and homes.
’80s-era funding formula stymies community college innovations
A 35-year-old law is keeping community colleges from getting creative and implementing alternative sources of revenue.
Ducey appoints acting insurance department director
The deputy director of the state Insurance Department has been named the department's acting director.
Trading Days in Canyon de Chelly
The S.E. (Sam) Day Sr. Trading Post was built at the turn of the century by Day and his sons near the spectacular canyon called Tse-ye (in the rock) by the Navajo and today known as Canyon de Chelly.
Cap Times Q&A: Julie Erfle – ‘Just a little bit snarky’
Julie Erfle has gone from a journalist who suppressed her fascination for politics to a political operative, beginning work in July as executive director of ProgressNow Arizona, a liberal advocacy group.
Does Arizona count? Presidential campaigns laying groundwork, keeping low profile in state
Outside of a few rallies and fundraisers, the presidential race has been fairly quiet in Arizona, whose March 22 primary is relatively late in the campaign cycle. Candidates are stumping and fundraising here while focusing their resources and attention on critical early primary states like Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada.
