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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.
Horne drops support for EPA on greenhouse gases
Arizona's new Republican attorney general is pulling out of several court cases in which his Democratic predecessor supported the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's efforts to regulate greenhouse gases.
Goddard, Grijalva ask for delay in chairman’s race
Prominent supporters of the two candidates for Arizona Democratic Party chairman are asking the party’s state committeemen to delay the vote in deference to U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the other victims of a Jan. 8 shooting rampage.
Arizona AG joins challenge to health care overhaul
Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says his office is joining Gov. Jan Brewer in a multistate challenge to the constitutionality of the federal health care overhaul law.
Arizona privatization commission misses deadline
With the legislative session about to start, a commission appointed by Gov. Jan Brewer has missed a year-end deadline to recommend steps that the state can take to privatize services and improve efficiency of programs.
New Arizona AG says he’ll defend immigration law
Newly sworn in Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne says he'll help defend SB1070, the controversial law targeting illegal immigration.
Arizona politics: the comedy gift that kept on giving in 2010
Hundreds of years ago, William Shakespeare turned comic relief into a literary device. In 2010, Jon Stewart effectively turned that device against Arizona, in what became nearly constant skewering.
Arizona police a buzzkill for visiting medical-marijuana users
While the state Department of Health Services scrambles over the next 120 days to draft the rules and regulations for how medical marijuana will be grown, dispensed and used across the state, uncertainty over the right of visiting medical marijuana patients to possess pot in Arizona has created confusion that may have to be sorted out in court.
Broad strokes of Gov’s ‘jobs’ plan emerge
Brewer today laid out some of the key points for her 2011 agenda on the Arizona Commerce Authority and established a framework for her economic recovery package.
Gov. Brewer outlines tax, economic development plan
Brewer says her goal is to retain and attract businesses with steps intended to promote new investments and creation of quality jobs.
General election canvass sets up first known recount of ballot measure
General election results made official Monday set up the first recount of a statewide ballot proposition that officials can recall.
UpClose with Norris Nordvold: Former Phoenix official monitors elections in struggling democracies
Nordvold, a registered lobbyist and former city of Phoenix governmental affairs director, sat down with the Arizona Capitol Times to discuss his Election Day, Super Sunday in Azerbaijan, and other monitoring tales involving armored escorts and sleeping with ballots in his hotel room. He also recalls the first time he met Terry Goddard while riding on a bike path.
