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Sine Kerr: In love with agriculture and defending the livelihood
Arizona’s newest senator, Sine Kerr, follows in the footsteps of former Sen. Steve Pierce and the late Sen. Chester Crandell as a lawmaker who lives and breathes the agricultural lifestyle.
Proposition 122 aims to allow state to reject certain federal laws, rules
Rep. Sonny Borrelli, R-Lake Havasu City, says too many laws and edicts from Washington are interfering with the individual rights of Arizonans. To combat this, he suggests Arizona assert its sovereignty when state leaders or voters determine that one is unconstitutional.
Crandell’s widow selected to fill out Senate term
The wife of the late Sen. Chester Crandell will serve the remainder of the Heber Republican’s term.
Sylvia Allen expected to replace Crandell on LD6 Senate ballot
Republican leaders from Legislative District 6 and GOP officials have settled on a candidate to replace the late Sen. Chester Crandell as the party’s Senate nominee – former legislator and current Navajo County supervisor Sylvia Allen.
Autopsy: Crandell died from injuries after fall
A Navajo County sheriff’s official says an autopsy has confirmed that Arizona state Sen. Chester Crandell died from injuries he suffered when he was thrown from a horse.
Crandell’s death opens door to independent win
The death of Republican state Sen. Chester Crandell has boosted the chances for an independent to be elected to the Legislature for the first time in recent memory. Crandell was unopposed in the GOP primary and was set to take on independent Tom O'Halleran in the November general election.
Shocked Capitol crowd reacts to Crandell death
The political world was shocked late yesterday afternoon when news filtered out of Eastern Arizona that Crandell had died earlier in the day, apparently after he fell off a young colt he was riding at his family’s ranch.
‘Tragic loss:’ Sen. Crandell praised for his leadership, pioneer spirit
Arizona state Sen. Chester Crandell was found dead Monday by his family, who went searching after the senator failed to return from a horseback ride near Heber-Overgaard.
No citizen initiatives will make ballot for first time since 1978
For the first time in more than three decades, Arizona voters are not going to get a chance to make their own laws.
Over objections, Senate gives preliminary approval to new Department of Child Safety
The Senate gave preliminary approval to Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposal to create a new child safety department over objections from some Republican lawmakers who were outraged by the level of new spending being appropriated without the accountability measures they desired.
Senate committee trims House spending additions
The Arizona Senate wasted no time amending a $9.24 billion budget approved last week by the House, claiming that a consensus had been reached among the two chambers and Gov. Jan Brewer on a spending plan that more closely resembles the one senators approved on March 20.
Common Core foes suffer through difficult week
Common Core opponents took a beating this week when two bills were killed in the Senate followed by a sparsely attended press conference in which one of the Legislature’s most ardent foes of the learning standards was a no-show.
