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Most state offices closed Friday as furlough
Friday is a furlough day for Arizona state government, meaning that most state offices are closed.
UpClose with Lauren Kingry
Lauren Kingry was looking for a way to make some money while attending Friends University in Wichita, Kan., where he took a job working as a mail boy in a family-owned bank. He had no idea it would be the beginning of a four-decade career in banking, leading to a position overseeing the Arizona Department of Financial Institutions, the regulating agency for 3,800 businesses across the state.
Capitol Quotes: July 16, 2010
‘Game on!’ — Democrat, Attorney General Terry Goddard, via Twitter, after Buz Mills dropped his GOP primary, essentially giving Jan Brewer a clear path to the GOD nomination.
First Things First sues state over ballot language
The board of a voter-approved state program for early childhood development has sued lawmakers over the description of a ballot measure that aims to eliminate the program and sweep its money.
Arizona speed camera program turns off at midnight
Thursday is the last day of operation for Arizona's groundbreaking and controversial speed enforcement camera program.
What a difference five months makes
McCain and Kyl today endorsed Brewer, a move that is an about face to previous statements the senators made about the governor and her platforms when her re-election prospects didn't appear certain.
Could you pass the syrup and not run for CD3?
Steve Moak said Dan Quayle tried to talk him out of the CD3 race, presumably to clear the path for Quayle's son, Ben. Moak told our reporter that Quayle made the request over breakfast at a Scottsdale resort earlier this year, and even encouraged him to run for something a little lower down the totem pole.
Giving time over money
Joe Kachuroi, a 42-year-old commercial land developer who has been volunteering for 20 years, including through Phoenix Volunteers for the past six months, writes pricing labels for donated books during an event at nonprofit organization Treasures4Teachers.
Hayworth finds tape of McCain with disgraced donor
John McCain's Republican primary challenger says a newly discovered video reveals that McCain had a closer relationship with a disgraced donor than the Arizona senator has let on.
Electronic government records should be free to public
Electronic documents were supposed to be the ultimate answer to government openness. Reams of information could be bundled and sent off en masse with basically no overhead and no dead trees, and it would take a few seconds of clicking on a computer rather than hours at the copy machine.
Backers of initiative prohibiting traffic cameras fall short
Organizers of an initiative campaign to prohibit the use of cameras for traffic enforcement in Arizona have fallen short of collecting enough signatures.
Court hears challenge to proposed ballot measure
A judge's ruling is now awaited on whether Arizona's general election ballot in November will include a referendum on secret ballots.
