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MCSO to return US military surplus equipment soon
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says his deputies now have accounted for some weapons the agency received from a federal program years ago and will return them within 120 days.
Tucson invokes ‘national security’ to avoid detailing cell-phone tracking program
The chief attorney for the city of Tucson is telling a judge that national security could be compromised if it is forced to disclose some documents about how it uses equipment it has purchased to track cell phone users.
Flash flood watches issued for most of Arizona
Flash flood watches are in effect for most of Arizona Tuesday as moisture from Tropical Storm Odile (oh-DEEL') begins moving its way northward across the desert Southwest.
Legal threat helps derail Commerce Authority loan to railroad
A group attempting to round up enough money to save a railroad that serves as Snowflake’s economic lifeline has decided not to take a loan from the Arizona Commerce Authority over concerns and possible legal action from a conservative think tank.
Shift in charter school movement triggers Moody’s warning
The two-decade old charter school movement is heading in a new direction as a bond-rating firm warns that it could spell long-term financial trouble for a Phoenix district.
AG’s office seeks millions for attorneys to handle child welfare cases
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office is asking for a $2.7 million supplement to the current fiscal year 2015 budget to cover a shortfall and a permanent $4.7 million increase to hire more attorneys to work on child-welfare cases and keep the lawyers they have from fleeing to better paying jobs.
High court: No automatic priority for contractor’s lien under state law
A lien placed by a construction firm doesn’t automatically have priority over other liens recorded after work begins on a development, according to a Arizona Supreme Court ruling.
Page businesses cheer start of construction project reopening landslide-damaged U.S. 89
As manager of the Lake Powell/Page Days Inn and Suites, Traci Varner has grown used to the call: A customer heading here on U.S. 89 comes to a traffic barrier and “Road Closed” sign with 30 miles to go.
Developer to use ‘organic development’ strategy for expansive east Mesa project
The mixed-use project attempting to rise from the ashes of the once-esteemed General Motors Proving Ground in east Mesa is using a somewhat contrarian approach to success. Developers plan to allow the master-planned, five-square mile community-within-a-city to grow organically.
Filling sandbags, mayor urges Phoenix to prepare for second big storm
As mayor of a desert city, Greg Stanton’s job description wouldn’t seem to include filling sandbags in anticipation of flooding. But he did just that Monday to send a message: After moisture from a hurricane walloped the Phoenix area last week, another storm could cause flooding later this week.
Avoiding Arizona’s Akin
Politico observers awoke this morning (Sept. 15) to some surprising news: Russell Pearce had resigned his post as first vice-chairman of the Arizona Republican Party following a mini-furor surrounding comments he made recently on his weekly political talk radio show.
Pearce, progressivism and my party’s future
The recent comments regarding forced birth control made by Russell Pearce, while certainly unacceptable and wholly inappropriate, uncover a fascinating insight into the nature, philosophical underpinnings and outlook of modern day conservatism and the Republican Party’s future.
