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Brewer budget: pay cuts, program eliminations, immediate tax hike
Gov. Jan Brewer no longer wants a proposed sales tax referred to the ballot and is instead asking lawmakers to muster a two-thirds majority to pass it outright, while asking voters to approve a raft of budget-balancing measures in a May special election.
Judge’s final order on matching funds critical to gov’s race
Proponents of publicly funded elections will appeal to U.S. District Court Judge Roslyn Silver to allow the distribution of matching funds to publicly funded candidates for legislative and statewide offices in 2010.
Governor explains her cost-saving proposals
Things were bad when Gov. Jan Brewer took office in January 2009, and they've gotten worse since then. The plan Brewer pitched as a remedy to Arizona's crippling budget problems met fierce resistance, and 10 months later it still has not been enacted. But as Brewer begins her second year as governor, she said she still believes in her plan
Brewer names replacement for Vanderpool at DPS
Gov. Jan Brewer on Jan. 13 named Robert Halliday, a 35-year veteran of the Department of Public Safety, as the agency's next director.
AHCCCS drains cash, stirs debate
Arizona's Medicaid program has become both a budget headache and a political football, with its costly burgeoning enrollment and the possibility that national health care legislation will add even more red ink on the deficit-plagued state's bottom line.
Brewer reaches out to GOP, infuriates Dems
Democrats blasted Gov. Jan Brewer’s State of the State speech as campaign posturing, while Republicans said there is no choice but to follow up on some of the ideas she outlined.
Brewer focuses on future, takes shots at past
In her first State of the State address, Gov. Jan Brewer lamented the problems facing Arizona, expressed hope for the future it may realize, chided those who have stood in her way and took swipes at those who may do so in the future, both in the Legislature and on the campaign trail.
Tracking the opening day of session
Today is the start of the 2010 regular legislative session and Gov. Jan Brewer's state of the state speech. We'll provide real-time updates from the floor.
Capitol Quotes 1/8
"This is one of those strange things where I actually agree with former Gov. Napolitano." - State Treasurer Dean Martin, on his attempt to bill the federal government $1 billion for the cost of incarcerating illegal immigrants.
The Pulse: Governor’s race about to heat up
Northern Arizona businessman Buz Mills just dropped $2 million into a gubernatorial bid. Every pundit in town is preparing for the Terry Goddard administration. And Tucson attorney John Munger keeps talking up his fundraising abilities in his quest to be Arizona's chief executive.
Brewer wants more nuclear power in state
Gov. Jan Brewer said Jan. 5 that Arizona should include more nuclear power plants in its energy portfolio while cutting taxes and government regulation to provide a welcome mat for solar and wind projects encountering "green tape" elsewhere.
Brewer: ‘We did it’
It's not Buz Mills money, but Gov. Jan Brewer told supporters via e-mail today (Jan. 5) that she has successfully collected more than 5,500 $5 contributions to qualify for Clean Elections funding. In an e-mail titled "We did it!" Brewer also says she has collected $51,240 in seed money.
