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RUCO takes Corp Comm to court
A water fight involving the Residential Utility Consumers Office, the Corp Comm and a water company is boiling over. At issue is a mechanism adopted by the commission to allow a water company to recover capital costs – and thereby hike rates – in between rate cases.
Arizona looks for breathing room in EPA’s carbon-emission goals
Arizona will ask federal regulators this week to rethink their June proposal that calls for the state to cut carbon emissions from power plants in half over the next 15 years.Arizona will ask federal regulators this week to rethink their June proposal that calls for the state to cut carbon emissions from power plants in half over the next 15 years.
The Grand Canyon watershed should become our next national monument
As a representative of Legislative District 7 and as a member of the Navajo Nation, I am writing in support of protecting Grand Canyon Watershed from harmful and unsustainable uranium mining and irresponsible development by establishing it as a national monument.
Horne wants judge to halt Clean Elections probe
Lawyers for Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne will try to convince a judge Monday to block an investigation by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission into his re-election campaign.
Big Snow in Flagstaff
One of the biggest snowstorms in Flagstaff history began early on the morning of Dec. 30, 1915. During the subsequent 48 hours, 64 inches of snow fell on the town.
Casa Grande man uses his own independent expenditures to take on the Tea Party
Casa Grande resident Garland Shreves is a self-described moderate Republican who is fed up with the Tea Party “destroying” the GOP brand.
Moderate Republicans lodge complaints against political committee spending
Moderate Republicans who supported Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion plan in 2013 are facing heavy fire from one political committee making independent expenditures against them.
Proxy war: Outside spending changing the dynamics of political campaigns
Money is the lifeblood of political speech, and in this election cycle, outside groups and dark money entities are doing most of the talking.
The truth about pension reform for Phoenix
Phoenix’s public employee pension system is currently $1.5 billion in debt and on Nov. 4, voters will decide whether to make significant reforms to erase the debt or stick with the status quo. Opponents of the Phoenix Pension Reform Act claim it will cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars and that similar reforms in other states have been failures. But they’ve got the facts all wrong.
Poll: Early returns favor Smith
A poll conducted today (August 8) of early GOP primary voters in Maricopa County whose ballots have already been received by the county elections department shows Smith’s resurgence – and Jones’ disappearance – is real.
GOP chairman fears mudslinging could lead to Dem governor
The mud-slinging in the Republican gubernatorial fray has gotten so bad that party Chairman Robert Graham has told the contenders to just cool it – or risk electing Democrat Fred DuVal in November.
APS chief says solar advocacy group exists to mislead
In a company blog, the chief of Arizona’s largest utility company lashed out at the political advocacy arm of residential solar companies and highlighted the Arizona Corporation Commission candidates the group is supporting.
