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Capitol-area fixture, Oaxaca, fighting foreclosure
Oaxaca Restaurante y Cantina, a Capitol institution for more than three decades, is in negotiations to stave off foreclosure and prevent the restaurant from closing its doors.
IRC puts off decision on tracking media interaction
The state’s redistricting commission today moved closer to making a decision about whether it will continue require detailed tracking of all contact between its mapping firm and any member of the media.
But the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission postponed a vote so it can get more input from its attorneys, media outlets and bloggers.
Ex-DOJ aide says Arizona faces voting rights hurdles in redistricting effort
A former Justice Department official says Arizona's eventual new maps of congressional and legislative districts will face vigorous reviews for compliance with a federal law that protects minorities' voting rights.
Donations sought to unblock SB1070
A group representing Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever in the legal battles over Arizona's immigration law is seeking $60,000 in donations to file a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court.
Medical marijuana probe flags 8 Arizona physicians
State health officials have filed complaints against eight physicians who have recommended nearly half of the 10,000 Arizonans certified to use medical marijuana.
Protecting flows of Colorado River protects local economies
By the very nature of a desert climate, much of the West is challenged to get adequate access to life-giving water. Certainly with the ballooning population growth we’ve experienced in the Southwest, our largest source of water — the Colorado River — has become severely over extended. Add climate change and an 11-year drought, and the entire Colorado River basin is under siege like never bef[...]
Limited financial disclosure in Pearce recall may spur law changes
The recall election targeting Senate President Russell Pearce is among the highest-profile legislative races in the state’s modern history.
But the public won’t have a clue how much cash is being raised or spent — or who’s doing the raising and spending to influence the race’s outcome — until a few days before the election itself.
Current IRC map became more competitive over time
Arizona Democrats have said they want a legislative map that will be used for the next decade to significantly increase the number of competitive districts in order to give more voters an actual choice when they go to ballot boxes every other November.
Facebook says it erroneously removed Brewer post
Facebook says it mistakenly removed a post in which Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer criticized a controversial policy decision by President Barack Obama's administration to limit deportations of illegal immigrants.
Capitol Quotes: August 19, 2011
This week’s most outstanding utterances, gibes and quips.
It would have been a hell of a story
Republicans who have turned attacking the IRC into sport were left with egg on their faces yesterday, when a conspiracy theory led some of the most dedicated IRC assailants to claim the commission was about to hire a liberal firm founded by former Clinton deputy chief of staff Harold Ickes.
Fires and floods illustrate critical role of county governments
The summer of 2011 will be recorded as one of the most tragic and devastating in Cochise County history.
