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UofA planning layoffs
Officials at the University of Arizona are planning layoffs to help deal with budget cuts. The Arizona Daily Star reports the Arizona Board of Regents' finance committee Wednesday approved a $1.9 billion operating budget for the university and its two medical schools.
State seeks to again allow ADOT to deny licenses to ‘Dreamers’
Saying the president acted illegally, an attorney for the state wants appellate judges to once again allow the director of the Arizona Department of Transportation to refuse to issue licenses to “dreamers.”
Survey says Arizona is dead last in state support for K-12
A new report by the U.S. Census Bureau affirmed public school advocates’ lament that Arizona is near or at the bottom among the states when it to comes K-12 funding.
Douglas doubts timing of Ducey school finance overhaul plan
Arizona's top education official said Tuesday she has serious doubts about Gov. Doug Ducey's timeline for overhauling the state's complex school financing formulas.
It’s not the panacea to higher ed’s budget woes
If some view the goals of Save Our Students as a timid response to the deep cuts to the universities, that’s because the group isn’t after a funding stream that would make higher education whole.
FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities
Scores of low-flying planes circling American cities are part of a civilian air force operated by the FBI and obscured behind fictitious companies, The Associated Press has learned.
Arizona hopes for more control of its water as drought deepens in West
Arizona wants more control of its water resources as the ongoing drought in Western states brings the likelihood of further shortages to the region, a state official testified Tuesday.
Ruling upholds convictions based on warrantless search
An Arizona court has upheld a woman's marijuana convictions based on a warrantless search conducted when sheriff's deputies were sent to a home in response to a 911 "hang-up" call that was treated as an emergency.
New firm Axiom Public Affairs features big names at Capitol
A trio of big names announced a new lobbying and consulting firm that’s poised to make a big splash at the Capitol and the world of Arizona politics.
Renewed trade agreements benefit Americans, create jobs
Creating jobs in America depends on our ability to sell American-made goods and services to the 95 percent of the world’s customers living outside the United States. That is why it is imperative for Congress to renew Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) legislation.
The meaning of transparency, Clean Elections edition
The Clean Elections Commission today (June 1) voted to instruct its legal counsel to take action after the AG’s Office dropped its appeal and motion for stay in Galassini v. Fountain Hills, which invalidated the old definition of ‘political committee.’
Judge’s retirement creates vacancy on Court of Appeals
State court officials are accepting applications for a vacancy on the Court of Appeals division that serves southern Arizona.
