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Group: Energy-efficiency incentives can save billions for Arizona
Arizona households and businesses can cut electricity use by 21 percent and save $7.3 billion by 2020 if utilities ramp up energy-efficiency incentives, a public policy group said Tuesday.
Mayors’ group wants business leaders, elected officials to talk education
Motivated by the defeat of Proposition 204, a group of mayors wants to promote discussion about school funding and reforms.
Support grows for a rail yard in southern Arizona
A rail yard project proposed near Picacho Peak in southern Arizona is gaining support from some state and federal politicians who are pressuring officials to sell a section of farmland to Union Pacific without delay.
Funding gap for Arizona public pension systems grows
The gap between actual funding for Arizona's public employee retirement plans and what those plans should have on hand continues to grow.
Paradise Valley to charge fees for fire, EMS
Paradise Valley will begin charging residents a yearly fee to pay for fire and emergency medical services beginning in January.
Suit challenges prosecutions under smuggling law
Before leading the way for other states to pursue immigration laws, Arizona passed a ban on human smuggling in 2005 that has led to more than 2,100 arrests and drawn criticism for a tactic in which people who pay to be sneaked into the country are charged as conspirators to the crime.
Aide says Brewer needs more answers on health law
Just days after giving governors more time to declare whether states would commit to running online marketplaces for subsidized health coverage, the Obama administration released hundreds of pages of proposed rules on required benefits and other aspects of implementing the federal health law.
Court overturns ruling against state on fund raid
The Arizona Court of Appeals says the Legislature acted within its authority in 2009 when it took nearly $4.7 million from a special fund for injured workers in order to help keep the state in the black during a budget crisis.
Hispanic electorate expanded, but still didn’t reach potential
For those who want to see more of Arizona’s Hispanic community participate in the political process, 2012 provided both a reason to celebrate and an impetus for continued effort.
Clamoring for a fix, politicians take aim at election reform
In the wake of Arizona’s 2012 general election, which was marred by large numbers of uncounted ballots holding up the decision in one congressional district race for 11 days, Secretary of State Ken Bennett said the election system isn’t broken. But he still wants to fix it.
Brewer announces staff shuffle
Page Gonzales, Gov. Jan Brewer’s director of policy, is departing the Ninth Floor to become newly elected Maricopa County Supervisor Steve Chucri’s chief of staff.
Maricopa County to pay $45M in hospital pay dispute
Maricopa County will pay $45 million to settle a legal dispute with three dozen hospitals and health-care providers over billing claims from emergency health care provided to low-income residents more than a decade ago.
