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Arizona copper mine laying off hundreds of workers
A copper mine in northwestern Arizona is shutting down production and laying of hundreds of workers in the wake of a Bankruptcy Court filing by its corporate owner.
Arizona health insurance enrollment numbers released
More than 72,000 Arizonans chose new health insurance plans in the first month of open enrollment in the federal insurance marketplace, nearly half for the first time.
Disqualified candidate in Navajo race files another appeal
A former Navajo Nation candidate for president says the order disqualifying him from the race over his lack of fluency should be thrown out after it was discovered that the hearing officer who issued it also did not qualify for his job.
Top 10 things to watch in Arizona politics in 2015
With the new year upon us, there are a host of issues state leaders likely will face in 2015. Here are 10 things to watch for in Arizona politics and government for the coming year.
TPT reform fixes taking shape
As noted yesterday (Dec. 29), a big push is underway to clean up the TPT reform law enacted in 2013. Some members of the contracting industry are working with Lesko, who is expected to run the legislation, our reporter has learned.
Brewer leaves complicated legacy
When Democratic Gov. Janet Napolitano punched her ticket for President Obama’s Cabinet, Republicans were ecstatic that they’d get to replace her with Brewer, a staunch conservative with a record spanning more than two decades. Then Brewer made a swift departure from the conservative playbook, calling for a temporary sales tax increase to deal with the state’s massive budget woes.
Swigarts’ Irresistible Arizona
In 1910, Esther Rothrock, who lived in Elgin, a town southeast of Sonoita in Santa Cruz County, invited her sisters, Carrie and Rhoda Swigart, to come out to Arizona to homestead land.
State appeals ruling on political committee law
The state of Arizona is appealing a federal judge’s ruling that threw the state’s election laws into disarray by striking down the statutory definition of “political committee” as unconstitutional.
Judge rules firing of Phoenix VA director was justified
A judge has ruled that the Department of Veterans Affairs was justified in firing the former director of its Phoenix office, but not because of delays in care and secret waiting lists that consumed the agency this year.
Judge rejects Arpaio lawsuit against Obama on immigration
A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected an Arizona sheriff's lawsuit seeking to halt President Barack Obama's plan to spare nearly 5 million people from deportation.
Arizona ranks fifth in annual population increase
Arizona added nearly 100,000 new residents this past year, more than virtually every other state in the nation. New figures Tuesday from the U.S. Census Bureau put the state’s population as of July 1 at 6,731,484. In pure numbers, Arizona had the fifth highest increase.
Another big fight awaits new energy regulators
The Corporation Commission today tabled a staff-driven proposal to investigate whether the renewable energy rule that requires utilities to derive an increasing portion of their power from residential solar and other distributed energy sources should be scrapped.
