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AZ Chamber: Brewer endorsement isn’t a given
The Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry is preparing to interview candidates for the top job in the state. Spokesman Garrick Taylor said he expects all of the major GOP candidates to submit the forms.
Mills to file petitions for Arizona governor’s race
Republican gubernatorial candidate Buz Mills is already on the airwaves with campaign ads but his next move is to get on the Aug. 24 primary election ballot.
Capitol Quotes: May 21, 2010
“What it does is allow a ‘fat lady’ to start warming up her chords on the Ninth Floor.” — Political consultant Jason Rose on the impact the Prop. 100 win will have on Brewer’s campaign.
House minority leader says more Democrats headed to Legislature
The past two years may not have shaped up the way David Lujan imagined when he ran for minority leader in the fall of 2008.
Brewer asks Goddard to join military protester lawsuit
Gov. Jan Brewer asked Attorney General Terry Goddard to join a lawsuit against a Kansas church that became infamous for protesting at military funerals.
Goddard announces support for Prop. 100
Attorney General Terry Goddard said he will support Proposition 100, ending months of fence-sitting on the temporary sales tax increase. Goddard, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, announced his support... […]
Capitol Quotes: May 7, 2010
“Right now, we are standing in the cross-hairs of history in this state, and as sheriff of the most populous county in Arizona, there is much work yet to do.” — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, commenting in a media statement about why de decided against running for governor.
Arpaio to announce whether he’ll run for governor
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to announce Monday whether he'll run for governor.
Candidates’ campaigns hinge on ‘matching funds’ ruling
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments April 12 in the legal battle over the matching funds provision of Arizona’s Clean Elections system, clearing the way for a high-stakes ruling that could define how the state’s top political races play out in the coming weeks.
Goddard, feds looking into SCA allegations
The U.S. Department of Justice and Attorney General Terry Goddard are both looking into possible criminal charges involving campaign finance violations by a Maricopa County sheriff’s captain and the fundraising group he created in 2008.
Goddard breaks silence in kicking off campaign
The low profile Terry Goddard has kept since becoming a candidate for governor came to an end as the Democratic attorney general publicly announced his third gubernatorial campaign. Speaking in front of the Attorney General's Office on April 5, Goddard said the state should ease its fiscal woes by ending billions of dollars in exemptions and loopholes in Arizona's sales tax.
Legal showdown looming over U.S. health care bill
A grassroots movement began several years ago to amend the state Constitution to allow Arizona residents the freedom to make all health care decisions without interference from government. But after years of pushing on the state level, the federal government has pushed back by passing a law that requires most Arizonans to buy health care insurance.
