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Brewer open to further cuts, but needs convincing
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says the spending cuts included in a Republican budget-balancing plan approved by the state Senate go too far.
Senate approves measure restricting Spanish-language voting information
The Senate approved legislation on Monday mandating that government documents, including all voting materials except the actual ballot, be published in English.
The superminority quandary
House Democrats have introduced 178 bills in the 2011 legislative session, and at the 52-day mark only 19 of those bills remained alive.
In filing bills, they have a choice: Make a statement and lose, or move to the center and (maybe) survive.
Senate approves bill to dump clean elections
The Arizona Senate wants voters to decide whether to bar the use of public money for candidates' campaigns.
Arizona redistricting panel to meet for first time
The state's new redistricting commission meets for the first time Thursday, with the four members picked so far selecting an independent who will serve as the fifth member and chairman.
Economic development bill awaits Brewer signature
A massive economic development bill laden with business tax cuts awaits Gov. Jan Brewer's expected signature.
Voting may get more efficient, but farther from home
Arizona is taking a first step into a money-saving way to run elections, but a representative of a politically powerful seniors organization is cautioning that the change may confuse, and thus disenfranchise, some voters.
Center’s priority: protecting those who practice religion
Judicial-reform proposals are just two items on the Center for Arizona Policy’s 16-part agenda for 2011.
Arizona state government revenue up in December
Legislative budget analysts say December provided a measure of good news for the state government's revenue situation, but they say it doesn't necessarily indicate a sustained economic recovery.
Recall drive against Brewer a grass-roots effort
An Arizona woman who filed an application to launch a recall campaign against Gov. Jan Brewer says it's a grass-roots effort but one that may require use of paid circulators to force a recall election.
‘No Labels’ aims to combat harshness of political rhetoric
The shrill sound of too much of what passes for current national political discussion is a wake-up call to all Americans that the harshness of our political rhetoric has reached potentially dangerous levels.
The letter of the law, but definitely not the spirit
Dem insiders tell YS that Goddard and Grijalva are asking the party’s roughly 500 state committeemen to re-elect the Arizona Democratic Party’s entire current slate of officials in anattempt to avoid a schism between Cherny and Glassman supporters in the wake of the shooting in Tucson.
