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Central Phoenix legislators ‘endangered species’
Phoenix may be one of the big losers in the redistricting process. Most of the Valley's growth in the past decade was outside of the city proper, and the inner-city majority Dem districts like LD14 and LD15 actually lost residents.
Phoenix police chief reassigned pending review
Phoenix police chief Jack Harris has been reassigned pending a city review of kidnapping statistics used to win federal grant money.
Commerce Authority: State pays, but has little say
When the Arizona Department of Commerce becomes the Arizona Commerce Authority, the quasi-private agency will be free of much of the oversight and regulations that accompany being a fully public part of state government.
Panel looks at creating new Southern Arizona state
Some Southern Arizonans are joining forces to push for the creation of a 51st state carved out of Pima County. The new state would be called Baja Arizona.
Senator: Boost penalties for owners, renters of drop house property
A state senator wants stiffer penalties for owners or renters of properties that are used for drop houses, saying it would make them more likely to turn against leaders of smuggling rings.
Capitol Quotes: Feb. 18, 2011
“I honestly don’t know.” — OSPB Director John Arnold, when asked whether the jobs bill would generate more revenue than it costs the state.
Court ruling upholds Arizona’s execution protocol
Arizona's protocol for three-drug injection executions has cleared another legal hurdle.
Horne takes on Bloomberg over gun-show sting
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg overstepped his power in authorizing investigators to run an undercover sting operation at a Phoenix gun show.
Phoenix’s housing recovery not expected until 2015
Experts have pushed back their predictions on when metropolitan Phoenix's housing market will recover.
Ariz. ranchers asking for more border security
A group of southern Arizona ranchers visited the state Legislature in Phoenix Thursday to explain to lawmakers how dire the situation is on their properties and to ask that something be done.
AZ court emergency after fed judge’s death
The top federal judge in Arizona has declared a judicial emergency because of the death of her predecessor in a shooting rampage in Tucson.
Loughner pleads not guilty in deadly Tucson shooting
The man accused of carrying out a mass shooting in Tucson pleaded not guilty Monday to charges he tried to kill Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and two of her aides.
