

By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
State Republican lawmakers approved most of a budget plan late Thursday to cut at least $1.2 billion in spending.
The package of measures, pushed through by GOP leaders over Democratic objections, is designed to help bring expenses into line with revenues. Aside from cuts, it also takes nearly $500 million from special funds and defers payment of some bills to balance the books.
But to make up the $2.7 billion deficit, the budget presumes voters will approve a temporary 1-cent sales tax hike at a special election May 18. If that fails, the plan calls for an...
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Who needs more Republicans?: The Winged One smells a shift in strategy for the payday lending crew, who’ve failed so far to move a proposal that would save their collective payday lending butts. For those who haven’t heard, the short-term, high-intere...
By Dennis Welch
The Arizona Guardian
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard says he’s gathered enough contributions and signatures to officially qualify for the ballot as a publicly funded candidate for governor.
Goddard says he’s collected more ...
By Amanda Soares and Dennis Welch
The Arizona Guardian
As the chairman of the "Ax the Tax" campaign committee, Sen. Thayer Verschoor has been leading the fight to kill a proposed one-cent sales tax hike that will go before voters in a special May 18 th e...
By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
It looks like Arizonans may have to park their cell phones and PDAs before they start driving.
In a stunning rev... Read more...
By Dennis Welch
The Arizona Guardian
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard says he’s gathered enough contributions and signatures to officially ...
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By Paul Giblin
FEYZABAD, Afghanistan – One of the keys to the strategy in Afghanistan is rebuilding the country’s security infrastructure so that the c...
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By Howard Fischer
Capitol Media Services
State Republican lawmakers approved most of a budget plan late Thursday to cut at least $1.2 billion in spendin...
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Who needs more Republicans?: The Winged One smells a shift in strategy for the payday lending crew, who’ve failed so far to move a proposal that would ...
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