CPS forum – Messages offer a ray of hope that could lead to reforms
Speakers at a Dec. 3 CPS Community Forum stepped to the microphone three minutes at a time for two hours to deliver old news: Foster parents get no respect, caseworkers are overworked and underpaid, and the Legislature is tight-fisted.
Brewer committee expected to help pro-Medicaid Republicans
Gov. Jan Brewer is hitting the fundraising trail again for an independent expenditure committee that is expected to help the Republican lawmakers who backed her Medicaid expansion plan.
Capitol expects continuity on Ninth Floor if Klein leaves
Eileen Klein has made a significant mark on state government in the three years she’s served as Gov. Jan Brewer’s chief of staff, and if she leaves to head the Arizona Board of Regents she will be sorely missed at the Capitol. But her departure is not expected to bring many changes in the way the Governor’s Office operates.
Mecham impeachment trial helped launch career of new Supreme Court justice
Gov. Jan Brewer’s first look at Judge Ann Scott Timmer came in 1988. More than 20 years later, Timmer, a Court of Appeals judge, and Brewer, the governor, would meet three times in Timmer’s quest to become a Supreme Court justice, with the third time being the charm.
Brewer to attend border governors meeting in New Mexico
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer plans to attend a U.S.-Mexico border state governors meeting for the first time.
Arizona sales tax study task force meets Tuesday
Gov. Jan Brewer's task force that is studying possible ways to simplify Arizona's sales tax system meets Tuesday at the Capitol in Phoenix.