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Brewer attempts prudent approach to the new budget
Gov. Jan Brewer speaks proudly of her role in lifting the state out of the massive deficit she inherited in 2009. And with her final budget proposal, she seems intent on making sure her successor doesn’t have to say the same thing.
Experts: Brewer has as much power as ever during final year as governor
This may be Gov. Jan Brewer’s last legislative session on the Ninth Floor, but denizens of the Capitol expect it to be a year like any other for her.
Capitol Quotes: January 24, 2014
This week's most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political scene
Poll shows relatively few Arizonans know about state’s learning standards
Almost 60 percent of Arizonans polled in a recent survey know little or nothing about the state’s K-12 learning standards.
Brewer budget has cash for new Yuma veterans home
Gov. Jan Brewer's proposal for the budget year beginning July 1 includes $9.2 million for a new veterans home in Yuma.
Governor plans to focus on education, public safety and economic development
The 2013 legislative session ended with a bang, and Gov. Jan Brewer is hoping the bad blood and raw feelings won’t carry over to this year. The fireworks from last year’s Medicaid expansion fight are over, but there’s still work to do. As the governor enters her final legislative session – Brewer insists she can and might run again, though election law experts disagree and would-be succ[...]
Governor Brewer proposes modest spending increases in budget
Gov. Jan Brewer proposed a $9.31 billion budget for the 2015 fiscal year that includes about $175 million in ongoing new spending for education and funding increases for Arizona’s troubled child welfare agency.
Quotes of the week
The most outstanding quips, gibes and utterances from Arizona's political scene this week.
Brewer touts legacy in session-opening speech
Much of Gov. Jan Brewer’s State of the State address had the aura of an undeclared farewell speech as the governor reminisced about the accomplishments of the past five years.
Phoenix council OKs Child Exploitation Task Force
The Phoenix City Council has voted unanimously to approve an agreement with the FBI supporting the Child Exploitation Task Force.
385 kids removed from homes in ignored CPS cases
Nearly 400 children have been removed from Arizona homes identified through thousands of child abuse and neglect reports that the state's child welfare agency failed to investigate in recent years.
Latest AZ abuse report update shows 5,926 assigned
A new team assigned to review more than 6,500 child abuse and neglect reports that weren't investigated by Arizona child welfare officials says they've now assigned nearly 6,000 of those cases to investigators.
