March 22, 2005

State lawmakers have ambitious plans to overhaul parts of Arizona’s higher education system, but money woes might stall the effort.

Across the nation, drivers are paying record prices for gasoline. East Valley drivers are no exception.

June 26, 2004

State lawmakers have canceled plans for a special session next week on state trust land reform as proponents accepted Friday they couldn’t win enough support by a Thursday deadline.

A House panel agreed Monday to let lenders offer a new type of consumer loan in Arizona — one with an interest rate of up to 180 percent.

Gov. Jan Brewer has removed the last threat of state action against eyebrow “threaders.”

A new lawsuit seeks to stop Arizona's decade-old Clean Elections Law in its tracks. If successful, the suit filed Friday by the Goldwater Institute could affect the outcome of this year's Sept. 2 primary election, where early voting has already started.

You've probably heard by now about Mesa's attempts to seize several businesses at Main Street and Country Club Drive in order to turn them over to a hardware store developer. You might even be outraged.

Apollo Group — a Phoenixbased company that provides higher education nationally and internationally, including the University of Phoenix — is challenging a report alleging it engaged in questionable stock option activity.

Conducting the business of the people out in the open so we can actually watch what our lawmakers are doing apparently has made life too difficult for the U.S. Senate. So its new leaders are proposing to take the action behind closed doors where senators could cut deals and trade favors in secret.

The Arizona Students Association appears to be on the verge of losing its ability to have the state's three universities collect its fees.

State senators approved legislation Thursday some charge is designed to weaken public employee unions.

Calling the measure both illegal and an invitation for misconduct, the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday asked Gov. Jan Brewer to veto a bill that temporarily removes the board of its oversight of UA Healthcare.

PHOENIX – Gov. Jan Brewer’s plan to simplify Arizona’s sales tax system could undercut revenues for growing communities through changes in how construction materials are taxed, according to a report by the nonprofit Grand Canyon Institute.

Gov. Janet Napolitano rejected a legislative plan Friday to freeze all new state and university hiring and promotions.

April 14, 2005

The question presented by Proposition 105 — the Majority Rule initiative — is as simple as it is compelling: Should a minority of Arizona voters have the power to forever commit the state to increased spending and taxation?

MEXICO CITY - A presidential election without a clear winner Monday set up the greatest test yet of Mexico's young democracy, with ruling-party candidate Felipe Calderon starting to build a government even as his rival vowed to challenge every last vote.

MEXICO CITY - A presidential election without a clear winner Monday set up the greatest test yet of Mexico's young democracy, with ruling-party candidate Felipe Calderon starting to build a government even as his rival vowed to challenge every last vote.

 Richard Tracy, Sr.: Long established governing polices that allowed civilization to advance are being challenged by conservative groups. In Arizona, led by the Goldwater Institute they succeeded in narrowing the definition of “public use,” creating the new dilemma regarding zoning powers that would shield Luke Air Force Base.

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Gov. Janet Napolitano refused Wednesday to let pharmacists legally decline to fill prescriptions for the “morning-after” pill.

WASHINGTON - The Senate approved a measure Thursday that would make it harder for individuals to wipe out debt to banks, retailers and credit card companies through bankruptcy, setting a path for quick passage of the bill by the House as early as next week.