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Quayle blasts ‘dishonest’ opponent, Schweikert fights ‘Dirty’
A long-anticipated shoe dropped in Arizona’s 6th Congressional District, escalating the intraparty battle between U.S. Reps. Ben Quayle and David Schweikert.
Politics is not the place for religious evangelism
Our presidential election campaign is picking up steam, and money is being raised as never before, mostly to convince voters that the other party’s guy is a very poor choice to be president. Most voters have already dug in and need little convincing that their views are a kind of political light that must prevail over the opposing darkness. It’s as if we have brought religious sectarianism int[...]
Shame on David Martin for failing to mention light rail
David Martin’s June 8 guest opinion article, “Transportation funding is neither Democrat nor Republican — it’s American,” which supports 2004’s Proposition 400 imposition of a 20-year, half-cent sales tax in Maricopa County to fund regional transit projects, is misguided.
Knock on Wood
Environmentalists, the U.S. Forest Service and politicians thought they finally had a plan for thinning the state’s forests after years of disagreement.
Federal court says Border Patrol bosses cannot be sued for officers’ actions
A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that Border Patrol supervisors cannot be sued for the actions of subordinates who routinely stopped vans “based principally on ‘the Latin, Hispanic or Mexican appearance’” of their occupants.
Immigration suddenly roiling presidential contest
No longer a backburner issue, immigration is roiling the presidential contest as President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney seek to court the nation's swelling Hispanic population. The outcome could influence political battle lines and shape American politics for generations.
Local Dems and Republicans weigh in on new Obama immigration policy
Reaction to the president’s new immigration policy was swift.
House votes to ease environmental rules in 100-mile border buffer
The House voted Tuesday to relax environmental restrictions in a 100-mile buffer along the nation’s land borders, to make it easier for border patrol agents to do their jobs.
Maricopa County feuds costing taxpayers $28M
Legal infighting among Maricopa County officials in recent years has cost taxpayers at least $28 million, a figure that will likely grow.
Maricopa County approves $2.3 billion budget
Maricopa County officials have approved a budget which includes millions of dollars for employee bonuses.
Arizona school data system to get upgrade with federal grant
Arizona's school data system is getting an upgrade with money from the federal government.
Can a piece of paper block border smuggling tunnels? New law will try
Santa Cruz County Sheriff Tony Estrada is only half-joking when he describes the problem of border-smuggling tunnels that criss-cross under the streets of Nogales.
