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Judge rejects state’s demands for more disclosure from tribe in West Valley casino fight
A federal judge has slapped down much of the effort by the state to force the Tohono O’odham Nation to produce more documents in Arizona’s fight to stop the tribe from opening a new casino near Glendale.
Arizona Disabled Sports gives opportunities to Valley athletes, volunteers
Now in its 25th year, Arizona Disabled Sports offers people with developmental and physical disabilities the opportunity to play and compete at the highest levels in sports such as basketball, floor hockey, kayaking, swimming, track and power soccer.
Efforts of family of volunteers punctuated by 10-year-old clothing designer
Xavier Elliot, 10, kicked off his project – Clothes for Charity by the Elliott Family – to make clothes for homeless children nationwide after spending his own young life in shelters.
Analyst questions hospital plan to sell bonds to pay down debt
A hospital district given voter approval for nearly $1 billion in financing is planning to sell the first $106 million in bonds to pay for debt and soft capital, prompting a leading opponent of the bond proposal to allege voters were deceived.
Anatomy of ACLU suit claiming Pinal County officials abuse asset forfeiture laws
Libertarian groups for years have been calling for changes to Arizona laws designed to seize the profits of crime.
State utilities set to meet goal of 6% renewables in 2016
The state’s regulated electric utilities are on track to meet the goal of 6 percent renewable energy use by the end of 2016, largely through utility-scale and rooftop solar projects.
Senate President Lesko?
The career path for Lesko does not necessarily lead to the Corp Comm – at least not immediately, a Capitol railbird told our reporter yesterday. The source said there is a very short list of senators who can succeed Biggs as Senate President, and Lesko sits atop it.
Kicking the can four weeks down the road
The final vote on the Clean Elections Commission’s proposed independent expenditure reporting rule will wait until Aug. 20, as the commission today agreed to recirculate the proposal for additional public comment due to changes it made at the recommendation of former Commissioner Louis Hoffman.
Revenue boost means state won’t have to dip into rainy day fund
Strong revenue collections turned a $132 million shortfall into a $266 million cash balance at the end fiscal 2015, a preliminary analysis shows.
Builder and First Inmate of the Clifton Jail
This is a photograph of the old Clifton jail, probably taken in about 1900. The identity of the nattily dressed man is unknown, as is the explanation for the rubble piled high in front of the fence. We do know some about the jail, however.
A Thin Bench: Why few Arizona Democrats want to run for Congress
Just before announcing that she would be leaving Congress to run for the U.S. Senate, Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick called her friend K.C. Clark, the Navajo County sheriff, to ask him if he was interested in running for her seat in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District in 2016.
Stump Q&A: ‘I certainly wish the text messages still existed’
Arizona Corporation Commissioner Bob Stump, who is under fire for deleting text messages on his commission-issued phone, including content that was considered public records, has finally answered one the most pressing questions in the controversy: Why?
