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Arizona

May 7, 2012

Attorney: Clemency Board appointments made illegally

The legal team for the next man scheduled to be executed in the state walked out of a clemency hearing today after alleging the Governor’s Office violated open meeting laws in appointing three new members to the Board of Executive Clemency.

May 7, 2012

Commerce Authority to name new CEO at next meeting

The Arizona Commerce Authority will announce its new president and CEO at its May 18 board meeting.

May 7, 2012

Capitol Quotes: May 4, 2012

This week's most outstanding quips, jibes and utterances.

May 7, 2012

Tobin decides against congressional run

House Speaker Andy Tobin on Monday announced that he will forgo a run for Arizona’s new 4th Congressional District.

May 7, 2012

Death-row inmate’s case before AZ clemency board

Arizona's largely new clemency board on Monday is expected to consider the case of a death-row inmate set for execution next week.

May 7, 2012

IRConspiracy?

IRC testimony may shed light on unanswered questions, accusations


Win or lose, a pair of lawsuits seeking to overturn maps drawn by the state’s redistricting commission may shed new light on accusations and unanswered questions that have dogged the panel for much of the past year.

May 4, 2012

3-judge panel to hear challenge to Arizona map

A panel of three federal judges will hear a lawsuit challenging Arizona's map of new legislative districts.

May 4, 2012

Commerce Authority ‘stipends’ draw scrutiny

The Arizona Commerce Authority set off alarms at the Goldwater Institute this week after the government agency announced it would be awarding thousands of dollars to companies that were eliminated from a competitive grant program.

May 4, 2012

Dems say Jesse Kelly is changing stance on key issues

Democrats are slamming 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Jesse Kelly for what they say are major changes in his stance on privatizing Social Security and Medicare designed to woo seniors turned off by his previous positions.

May 4, 2012

Arizona two-year jobs forecast projects increases

State economists say Arizona is on a pace to add about 50,000 nonfarm jobs annually but that the rate of increase still trails the period before the Great Recession.

May 4, 2012

University system gets funding increases after years of cuts

The Arizona Board of Regents began the legislative session seeing nothing in any budget proposal for two of its prime spending requests: Money for parity among the three universities and for the Phoenix campus of the University of Arizona medical school.

May 4, 2012

Budget deal saves courts from ‘virtual shut down’ of system

The Arizona Supreme Court was able to work out a deal allowing the Legislature to take money from a variety of smaller accounts rather than a larger, more critical one that lawmakers were targeting.

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