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Free NewsletterNew 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.
Department of Revenue Director Garriott resigns
Gale Garriott will step down as director of the Arizona Department of Revenue, the third in a string of recent agency head resignations.
Post-election interviews with Democratic and Republican party heads
The Arizona Capitol Times sat down with Republican party chairman Randy Pullen and Democratic party chairman Don Bivens to talk about the election results, their parties' fortunes and their professional futures.
UpClose with Don Bivens; Dem chair: 2010 losses were inevitable despite high-caliber candidates
When Don Bivens moved to Arizona in the late 1970s to begin practicing law, he asked people how he could get involved with the Democratic Party and quickly met a young politician named Terry Goddard who ushered him into the organization.
Since then, Bivens has stayed active in the party, ascending to party chairman in 2007.
3 recommended for Arizona Game and Fish Commission
Gov. Jan Brewer will choose one person from among three candidates to appoint to the state Game and Fish Commission.
Analysis: Brewer has set markers on what to expect
Gov. Jan Brewer's nearly two years in office have seen both handshakes and verbal spats between her and Republican lawmakers, setting markers that create expectations for more of the same for the next four years.
