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Legislative panel says juvenile corrections should continue for 5 years
Less than a year after the agency was nearly abolished, the Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections stepped away from the abyss after a legislative committee recommended that it be continued for five years.
U.S. Supreme Court to hear arguments over Ariz. immigration law
The impassioned debate over the nation's immigration policy takes center stage at the Supreme Court Wednesday in a dispute over an Arizona law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally in the U.S.
Arizona Game and Fish Commission supports gray wolf delisting
The Arizona Game and Fish Commission has voted to support congressional action aimed at removing gray wolves from the federal endangered species list.
Gov. Brewer to attend Supreme Court arguments
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer plans to attend a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Wednesday in Washington for arguments on the 2006 state law that punishes employers who knowingly hire workers illegally.
Capitol Quotes: Dec. 3, 2010
“Don’t make up a story here. Don’t be giving credit to a pandering crybaby." — Senate President-elect Russell Pearce commenting on Sen.-elect John McComish’s complaints about committee assignments.
Committee overlap may lead to rowdy session
More committees mean more people divvying up the work, ostensibly making for an efficient legislative process.
Several panels could be home to next ‘jobs’ bill
The number of economy-related committees raises an interesting question: Which panel will consider legislation aimed at improving the state’s economy?
Dems complain border security panel is redundant
Some Democratic lawmakers couldn’t help but scratch their heads when the list of new Senate committees was released in November.
Tent City Hero
Sporting a pitch helmet, linen suit and big white mutton-chop sideburns, Oliver E. Comstock pedaled his bicycle along Tucson’s dusty roads with a soup kettle hanging from the handlebars. He will never be as famous as Wyatt Earp, but he was a real hero to the residents of southern Arizona’s Tent City.
NAFTA led to illegal immigration issues in AZ
Regarding the controversy over enforcing Arizona law on immigration, the roots of this problem began in 1990 with passage of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which permits American agro-corporations to export billions of dollars of taxpayer-subsidized corn to Mexico at one-third the price that small Mexican farmers charge.
Brewer seeks to join Glendale casino lawsuit
Glendale’s most prominent politician, Gov. Jan Brewer, wants to join the city’s bid to stop the Tohono O’odham from building a casino just outside city limits.
Pearce: Transplant denials not our fault
The ramifications of state budget cuts to AHCCCS have come home to roost, as evidenced by the story in this morning's New York Times about what it called "death by budget cut."
