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Protests of Arizona governor planned in Boston
Immigrant advocates are rallying fellow activists to protest Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer during her scheduled visit this weekend for the National Governors Association meeting in Boston.
S1070 legal defense fund reaches $48,000
The Governor's Office has collected more than $48,000 in the past six weeks to help defend the nation's toughest immigration law and hopes to collect more with the launch of a new website designed to streamline the collection of more donations.
Wiretaps in Rick Renzi’s case tossed
A judge has ruled that wiretaps federal investigators collected while investigating former U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi for corruption can't be used in his upcoming trial.
Guv criticizes Obama administration, wants meeting
Gov. Jan Brewer is criticizing President Barack Obama's administration on border security and immigration. Brewer said Friday she wants to meet with the president and his Homeland Security secretary while in Washington next week.
UpClose with Rick Romley
They say there's no such thing as a former Marine, and like the infantryman Romley served as during the Vietnam War, he says he has a plan to push forward now that he’s back in his old office.
The Dons and Doñas
Barry Goldwater, Carl Hayden and Ernest McFarland were members. So was President Harry S. Truman. Members of this group, the “Dons of Arizona,” are dedicated to exploring and preserving the history, legends and lore of Arizona and the Southwest.
For many lawmakers, disclosures don’t provide estimate of holdings’ total value
Among other things, financial disclosure forms require lawmakers to list assets such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds and real property to identify potential conflicts of interest. Lawmakers also have to assign broad ranges of value to each asset. But estimating the maximum total value of a lawmaker’s holdings is impossible in many cases. The reason: The forms have an uppermost range of “more th[...]
Past cases cited by both sides in immigration lawsuits
Federal courts have rejected immigration laws in other states that aimed for results similar to those prescribed by Arizona’s S1070, but supporters of the Arizona law say they learned a lesson from those court cases and made sure to avoid repeating past mistakes.
From Kyl’s campaign to president of Arizona Free Enterprise Club
Steve Voeller’s first foray into politics was in 1993 when he was a field director for then-Congressman Jon Kyl’s campaign for U.S. Senate. The way Voeller tells it, he was “really bit by the bug,” and decided to pursue politics as a career.
