The lobbyist accused of orchestrating the Fiesta Bowl scandal was indicted Thursday on eight low-level felonies not associated with the bowl-game scheme.
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Fixing the Funding Gap for a Better Arizona 
Scott Mussi’s and Serena Unrein’s guest opinion titled “HB2646 is risky business for taxpayers” published April 16 is factually wrong and improperly suggestive on so many points, it begs a response.
Read More »Arizona man wants execution delay until after Brewer’s gone
Attorneys for a death-row inmate set to be put to death in Arizona next week want the execution delayed until the state has a new governor, arguing in a Tuesday filing that Gov. Jan Brewer appointed "political cronies" to a clemency board in an unconstitutional, closed-door process.
Read More »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.
Read More »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.
Read More »Fiesta Bowl chief says excesses are over
The new head of the scandal-tainted Fiesta Bowl says excesses at the top-tier bowl game are a thing of the past.
Read More »Ex-Fiesta Bowl COO indicted by federal grand jury
The former chief operating officer of the Fiesta Bowl has been indicted on charges of filing false income tax returns for the bowl game, the first charges against a former official of one of the top national college football bowls and Bowl Championship Series member since a scathing report led to the firing of its president in March.
Read More »Groups push for affordable, consumer-driven health exchange 
Consumer and health groups are pushing for a state-run health insurance exchange that they say should be transparent and not dominated by the insurance industry.
Read More »Backlog of misconduct cases prompts Education Board to seek more investigators 
The Arizona State Board of Education is going to ask the Legislature for more money to hire investigators to cut into a backlog of teacher misconduct investigations.
Read More »Officials say ACA teleconference call meets open meeting law 
At the Arizona Commerce Authority’s first four board meetings, more than two dozen business leaders and policymakers sat at a table that wrapped around half of the second-floor conference room in the Executive Tower, with so many others in attendance that chairs became scarce.
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