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In wake of mass shootings, disparate gun policies emerge in Arizona and Connecticut
Four months after the elementary school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, lawmakers banned at least 115 types of semi-automatic firearms. Four months after the shooting of a congresswoman and a federal judge in Tucson, lawmakers in Arizona declared the Colt Army Action Revolver the official state gun.
GOP gubernatorial hopefuls in Flagstaff for forum
Four of the six Republican candidates for governor are gathering in Flagstaff for a forum focused on Northern Arizona issues.
Gay marriage: trying to untie the knot in Arizona
Arizona’s gay-marriage ban is making life as difficult for those who want to cut the knot as those trying to tie it.
Modern Flagstaff
Baby-boomers finishing their education and starting families sought the small-town feel of Flagstaff in the 1970s and 1980s. Well-paying jobs were scarce; so many PhD’s served drinks and waited on tables until they could find suitable employment. One of the best places to find a career was with the W.L. Gore Company that opened its Flagstaff plant in 1967.
AZ GOP primary race centers largely on 3 gov. candidates, 3 businesses and a barrage of accusations
Three leading candidates for governor are seeing the vaunted business backgrounds that they’ve campaigned on being used against them. Doug Ducey, Christine Jones and Scott Smith are campaigning to various degrees on their success in the business world.
VA legislation is a significant step forward
This spring, as tragic reports surfaced of veterans dying while waiting for care at the Phoenix VA, I hosted a town hall forum at Burton Barr Central Library where the families of four veterans who passed away stood before a packed room to tell their stories.
To future legislators — help keep kids in school and out of prison
Arizona is home to more than 40,000 convicted felons. The state’s prison population has grown rapidly over the past 30 years, and it’s showing no signs of slowing down.
Arizona leads states for rate of deferred-deportation applications
Arizona has the highest rate of deferred deportation applications in the nation, with two-thirds of the estimated 34,000 eligible immigrants in the state signing up, a new report says.
The bump Scott Smith has been praying for?
Smith is narrowing the gap between him and Ducey, according to a poll commissioned by the former Mesa mayor’s campaign. The live caller poll was conducted by HighGround’s Paul Bentz, who yesterday called voters from Maricopa County who had returned their early ballots.
Ducey aims to block governor from spending money on rival
Unable to get Jan Brewer's endorsement for himself, Doug Ducey is now angling to deter the governor from spending her own political funds to help elect Scott Smith.
Tobin struggles in CD1 despite opponents’ gaffes
When Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin entered the race for Arizona’s 1st Congressional District, the Republican establishment breathed a collective sigh of relief. They finally had a strong candidate who could take on one of the most vulnerable Democrats in Congress, Ann Kirkpatrick, in November.
Kwasman says his cancer won’t affect him for a decade
Republican congressional candidate Adam Kwasman held a press conference in the House lobby Aug. 14 to confirm he has chronic lymphocytic leukemia, a common form of blood cancer.
