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Payday lenders in Arizona call it quits
Some payday lenders in Arizona have already shut their doors and more are expected to follow when a law authorizing their high-interest loans expires at the end of the month.
Soaring over solar?
In Arizona, power generated by the sun is the darling of many renewable-energy advocates, solar-power based companies and the governor. There is, however, another less cost-intensive player trying to gain a foothold in the renewable power game: wind.
Recycling reboot
After 300 vehicles dumped nearly 30 tons of potentially toxic electronics waste in a Wal-Mart parking lot in a northeastern Arizona town last August, Mark Shaffer was hooked. He wanted to collect more electronics waste in more towns across the state.
Sheriff’s office raids El Mirage business
The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is conducting a raid at sanitation businesses in El Mirage and neighboring Youngtown northwest of Phoenix.
2 Renzi associates headed for federal court trial
Two associates of former Arizona Rep. Rick Renzi are set for trial this week in a case tied to allegations that the congressman looted his family insurance business to fund his campaigns and for personal expenses.
AG warning payday lenders about new law
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard is warning payday loan stores not to try to keep operating as usual after a law authorizing high-interest loans expires at the end of the month.
Shelving borrowing means Ariz. left without backup
Arizona's budget troubles could force the state to delay paying some bills as early as September, state Treasurer Dean Martin said Wednesday, in a situation complicated by his effort to win the Republican gubernatorial nomination over Gov. Jan Brewer.
Phoenix delays deciding on property tax hike
Phoenix city leaders have decided to wait two years before deciding whether to increase a city property tax rate.
Mills’ camp says Prop. 100 not a Brewer victory
Mills' consultant Camilla Strongin said she wasn't surprised at all to see the sales tax increase sail to an easy victory - and added Brewer's near constant urging for the measure will come back to haunt the governor in the GOP primary. "I think it clearly solidifies her credentials as a tax-hike governor," she said. Strongin attributed the election night blowout to the total lack of an opposition[...]
Sales tax prop a dud with congressional candidates
Prop 100 may have the money and backing of most of the state's business community, health care officials, teachers and the governor, but candidates in battleground Congressional districts are just saying ‘no' to the proposed sales tax increase.
Brewer signs foreclosure notification bill
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring mortgage lenders to try to work with homeowners to avoid foreclosures.
For many lawmakers, disclosures don’t provide estimate of holdings’ total value
Among other things, financial disclosure forms require lawmakers to list assets such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real property to identify potential conflicts of interest. Lawmakers also have to assign broad ranges of value to each asset. But estimating the maximum total value of a lawmaker’s holdings is impossible in many cases. The reason: The forms have an uppermost range of “more th[...]
