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High court weighs Arizona employer sanctions law
The Supreme Court appeared likely Wednesday to sustain an Arizona law that threatens to take away the licenses of businesses that knowingly hire workers who are in the United States illegally.
Group’s bid to join immigration lawsuit is denied
A federal judge has denied a request by the Arizona Latino Republican Association to become a party to the federal government's challenge to the state's new immigration law.
Arizona immigration law once again before the US Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Wednesday on Arizona's employer sanctions law.
Republicans stand by transplant funding cuts
Like many states grappling with record-breaking budget deficits, Arizona has had to cut back on its health care and social services. What makes Arizona unique is the extent it has gone to save money — by restricting coverage of certain transplant procedures, arguing that they are optional or palliative. Yet the cuts are putting vulnerable Arizonans at risk of dying without the money to pay for p[...]
Tough times far from over for states
Lawmakers have reduced spending for parks, health care for low-income children and some state-funded medical transplants. Still, the tough times are far from over.
Democrats to demand restoration of transplant funding
Arizona Democratic legislative leaders have scheduled a Tuesday news conference to demand that Gov. Jan Brewer and the Republican-led Legislature restore state funding for medical transplants.
Legislative panel says juvenile corrections should continue for 5 years
Less than a year after the agency was nearly abolished, the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections stepped away from the abyss after a legislative committee recommended that it be continued for five years.
Gov. Brewer to attend Supreme Court arguments
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer plans to attend a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Wednesday in Washington for arguments on the 2006 state law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally.
Goldwater report blasts government discipline procedures, highlights costs incurred
The lengthy reviews, administrative hurdles and general lack of swiftness that comes along with firing or disciplining government employees in Arizona sometimes invites dangerous and expensive outcomes, according to an extensive report from the Goldwater Institute, a libertarian government watchdog firm.
Brewer seeks to join Glendale casino lawsuit
Glendale’s most prominent politician, Gov. Jan Brewer, wants to join the city’s bid to stop the Tohono O’odham from building a casino just outside city limits.
Silver lining seen in Arizona budget trouble
Some say innovation could be a possible silver lining for Arizona schools as they brace for possible new state budget cuts.
Well, that went over like a lead balloon
The tax cuts Brewer wants in 2011 are fine with Pearce, but the incoming Senate president has some problems with other key parts of the governor's economic recovery agenda.
