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Return of the deficit: a budget nightmare on Washington Street
If Freddy Krueger were visiting Arizona’s treasury instead of terrorizing teenagers’ dreams, he would be clawing, burning and plunging it into another nightmare of billion-dollar proportions.
Doing your own dirty work
Ducey today launched the first candidate-run attack ad of the gubernatorial campaign, hitting Jones for what his campaign deemed “phony” promises regarding border security. “In her TV ads, Christine Jones talks tough on immigration. Jones says she’ll secure the border and make the federal government pay the bill. But Jones is caught on camera admitting that’s not true,” the ad says, fo[...]
Arizona execution drug case heads to Supreme Court
A case challenging Arizona's refusal to reveal detailed information about the lethal combination it will use to put an inmate to death is now headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Paper to correct story on Arizona’s London Bridge
LAKE HAVASU CITY ai??i?? A British tabloid will issue a correction Monday for a story stating Arizona's own London Bridge could be bulldozed to make way for drug tourism, Lake Havasu City officials said.
Visitors spent $700M in Arizona’s national parks
A new report shows that visitors to Arizona's national parks last year spent more than $700 million.
UofA professor files appeal, says she was fired for supporting medical marijuana research
A University of Arizona doctor and researcher, given her walking papers last month, is not going quietly.
Arizona teacher pay ranks higher than reported
The Arizona Tax Research Association would like to correct an important error in the Arizona Capitol Times (July 11). The National Education Association (NEA), the largest teachers union in the nation, ranks Arizona 29th for school year 2012-13 in average salaries for K-12 “public school teachers.” The Capitol Times article incorrectly reported Arizona at 42nd.
Dem school superintendent debate: One candidate praises school choice, the other criticizes charter schools
Democratic superintendent for public instruction candidate David Garcia sounded a little like a conservative in a debate on July 14, extolling school choice and giving a nod to school tuition organizations.
Forget facts, it’s more fun to talk about Obama!
The Arizona Free Enterprise Club’s secretly funded campaign backing Forese and Little continued this week with a folded four-page mailer that contrasts the APS-favored team with primary opponents Mason and Parker vis-à-vis “Obama’s energy agenda.”
Flagstaff grows up: 1920s – 1970s
The some 2,000 Flagstaff residents in the 1920s were filled with optimism and vigor toward the future of their burgeoning town.
Arizonans should pay special attention to Corp Comm election
I’ve been around Arizona Republican politics for quite a while. As always, the stakes in the upcoming primary election for our party are significant.
Feisty debate: Democratic legislative candidates duke it out in central Phoenix bar
In downtown Phoenix’s Democratic stronghold of Legislative District 24, House Minority Leader Chad Campbell is stepping down from the post he has held for the past eight years as one of the district’s two representatives. That is creating a power vacuum and a bitter battle between two Democrats vying to replace him.
