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New law gives sportsmen groups control of Game & Fish Commission
Prominent sportsmen organizations felt former Gov. Janet Napolitano didn’t take their interests seriously when she appointed a non-hunter to the Game & Fish Commission.
It’s unlikely to happen again.
Ariz governor’s doctor says her health ‘excellent’
Gov. Jan Brewer's doctor, Dr. Gordi Khera, says she's in excellent health. The statement comes in response to about two weeks of internet speculation that the 66-year-old Brewer is in poor health and might not be able to serve a four-year term if elected Nov. 2.
Maricopa County gets $500M grant to get fugitives
Maricopa County has been awarded $500,000 to start and expand programs to track down felony fugitives.
Brewer speaks out against medical marijuana
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Oct. 20 that she opposes a November ballot measure that would legalize medical marijuana in the state, arguing that it would cause pot to "needlessly and harmfully proliferate."
US company not source of Landrigan execution drug
A knockout drug that Arizona plans to use in an upcoming execution was not made by the sole U.S. manufacturer, which means it likely came from another country, attorneys said during and after a state Supreme Court hearing Wednesday.
State lawmakers preparing citizenship legislation
Lawmakers in states across the country are combining to work on proposed legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children born in this country to parents who are illegal immigrants, the sponsor of Arizona's 2010 law targeting illegal immigration said Tuesday.
Arizona execution caught in drug supply debate
Claims based on politics, untested evidence and an undisclosed source for a drug in short supply will be debated as Arizona officials wrangle with lawyers for a death row inmate scheduled to be put to death in the state's first execution since 2007.
Non-profits now using SB1070 as fundraising tool
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has proven that tough immigration policies make it easy to raise cash for political campaigns, and Gov. Jan Brewer has shown that the same rule applies to raising money for legal defense of the state’s new immigration law.
But now, private-sector interests are getting wise as well.
Capitol Quotes: Oct. 15, 2010
“I think it speaks volumes about the man who tells Jan Brewer what to do, and I think her obligation is to distance herself from him.” – Goddard spokeswoman Jeanine L’Ecuyer, on Brewer adviser Chuck Coughlin floating old rumors that Goddard is gay.
Budget crisis looms over Arizona governor’s race
With the state's budget crisis showing no signs of abating, voters on Nov. 2 will be electing a governor who could have a yearslong headache while trying to keep the state running and in the black amid a still unsteady economy.
Off with their heads!
Brewer's campaign had a good laugh yesterday at a Phoenix Business Journal blog posted by reporter Mike Sunnucks that proclaimed the governor would use a recent beheading in Chandler to back up her previously unsupported claims that there have been drug-cartel-related beheadings in Arizona.
Brewer mum on referendum advice
Gov. Jan Brewer won't say whether voters should support a ballot measure she and the Republican-led Legislature used to fill a gap in the state budget she signed this year by taking cash from an early childhood program.
