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U.S. Attorney finding sets stage for PSPRS to fix its finances
The finding by the U.S. Attorney for Arizona that cleared the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System of wrongdoing vindicated employees and beneficiaries and set the stage for the pension system’s next phase: fixing the finances.
US attorney clears PSPRS of wrongdoing
Employees at the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System can breathe easier after the US Attorney for Arizona took the unusual step of publicly announcing that PSPRS has committed no crimes.
Groups challenging SB1070 demand all of Brewer’s book notes
Arizonans may get a chance to see who provided Gov. Jan Brewer some of the information for her book and what they told her.
Brewer loses bid to get immigrant drivers’ licenses ruling reconsidered
Thousands of Arizona “dreamers” could be driving here legally within days. And that could quickly extend to hundreds of thousands of other people in this state illegally.
Arizona e-cigarette tax could bring in $6M a year
The Arizona Legislature's budget analysts say a tax on electronic cigarettes could bring $6 million a year in new revenue into the state's coffers.
Despite last session’s failed bill, ridesharing keeps rolling along in Arizona
When Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill earlier this year that would have authorized rideshare services such as Uber and Lyft to operate in the state and regulated them differently than taxis, Uber declared that “ridesharing as we know it is dead in Arizona.”
Will Common Core survive? Opponents increase their influence going into 2015
A wave of anti-Common Core lawmakers and officials now occupy key offices in Arizona, but it may not spell the end of the controversial education standards in the state.
Burgeoning beer business seeks lifeline from Legislature
There’s a battle brewing over microbreweries. For Arizona’s two largest craft beer brewing companies, business is booming. In fact, Four Peaks and San Tan brewing companies are producing so much beer that they’re pushing the boundaries of what it means to be a microbrewery. They’re brushing up against state-imposed caps on the amount of beer a microbrewery can brew.
Brewer equates Obama to a ‘tyrannical king’
Obama unilaterally acted last night (Nov. 20) to allow roughly five million undocumented immigrants to live and work openly in the US, a move that has invited a barrage of criticism and a chorus of cheers across the ideological spectrum.
Arpaio sues Obama over immigration executive action
Not even waiting until President Obama gave his speech Thursday night, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio filed suit in federal court seeking to block the announced plans to allow millions of people not in this country to remain and work here legally.
Promoting Tourist Travel in 1884 Northern Arizona
The following article appeared in the Weekly Champion, a Flagstaff newspaper, on March 22, 1884. Today’s reader may enjoy the flowery writing style of the time; may be curious as to why the route would travel so far to the west unless it was to reach the waters of the Colorado River instead of viewing the Canyon from the rim?
Horne settles, then disses settlement
The Clean Elections Commission’s investigation into Sarah Beattie’s allegations against Horne came to an end today as commissioners approved a settlement with the outgoing AG. Horne immediately kept his end of the bargain by paying a $10,000 fine.
