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Arizona sees big drop in jobless rate to 6.9 percent
Arizona's unemployment rate declined to 6.9 percent in April from 7.3 percent in March, marking its biggest month-to-month drop in three decades, state economists said Thursday.
Michele Reagan files papers for secretary of state race
Arizona state Sen. Michele Reagan has filed nominating petitions to run as a Republican in the race for secretary of state.
Southern Arizona’s Many Noons
Dr. Adolphus H. Noon arrived in Tucson in October 1879, with his oldest son Alonzo and a friend. Noon was looking for a place to settle, where he could set up a medical practice and also do some mining.
Huppenthal’s Common Core comments generate attack by twitterers
Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal compared Common Core opponents to “barbarians at the gate” May 13 and vowed to fight them to preserve the educational standards, setting off a Twitter attack by conservative blogger and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin.
The Hottest Races: Future of AZ’s political parties at stake in key legislative primaries
Arizona’s primary election will decide the fate of the vast majority of Arizona’s 30 legislative districts, most of which are drawn to overwhelmingly favor one party over the other. Candidates have less than two weeks to collect the necessary signatures to get their names on the ballot, which will be mailed to voters in 11 weeks.
A ‘barbarian at the gate’ responds to Huppenthal on Common Core
I vehemently oppose the adoption and continued imposition of the Common Core machine on our state by two non-educators, Gov. Jan Brewer and Superintendent of Public Instruction John Huppenthal.
AZ jobless rate dips, but job growth still ‘mediocre’
The state’s jobless rate dropped four-tenths of a point in April, the biggest month-over-month decline in decades and the first time the rate has been less than 7 percent since 2008.
Dearest judges whom I appointed…
Brewer and AHCCCS Director Tom Betlach today (May 14) asked the Arizona Supreme Court to reverse the appellate court’s ruling that the 36 Republican legislators who are challenging Medicaid expansion have standing to sue.
University to make announcement on Phoenix campus
University of Arizona and Phoenix city officials on Thursday are scheduled to announce what the Tucson-based university says will be "a major announcement" about the development of its Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
Senate to confirm 6 Arizona federal judges
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday began confirming six judges to federal District Court in Arizona, giving much-needed help to the overburdened court. The court is one of the busiest in the nation, having declared a judicial emergency in 2011.
Sinema files re-election papers for 9th District
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema has filed nominating petitions to quality for the ballot as she prepares to seek re-election in Arizona's 9th Congressional District.
Brewer appeals Medicaid ruling to Arizona Supreme Court
As expected, Gov. Jan Brewer today asked the Arizona Supreme Court to overturn an appellate court ruling allowing legislators to move forward with a lawsuit against the hospital assessment that funds her Medicaid expansion plan.
