Senate Majority Leader Chuck Gray has announced he will not seek re-election in 2010, saying he wants to focus on new business opportunities. Gray, a Republican from Mesa, told the Arizona Capitol Times he plans to expand his Internet business. His company, which was founded in 1997, markets car accessories across the globe.
A little girl laughs in an exam room and then, feeling the prick of a needle, buries her face in her mother’s shoulder and cries as she’s vaccinated against the H1N1 flu strain. She and 14 other children might not have been unanimously enthusiastic about the flu clinic Dr. Randy Christensen offered recently at the [...]
The hundreds of cars lined up Nov. 25 for frozen turkeys and bags of food from St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance were three times the number at the same event last year. “We knew that our demand was going to go up for the holidays, but it has stunned us how much it went up [...]
Sen. Chuck Gray has announced he won’t be seeking reelection in 2010, a big surprise considering he was widely expected to seek the chamber’s presidency. “I am not a career politician,” he said in a statement Friday. “I am a husband and father who served his state and community and is now preparing to return [...]
The push for legalized medical marijuana use in Arizona has gone from corporate to personal, now that the Arizona Medical Marijuana Policy Project has designated a Tucson woman suffering from multiple sclerosis to head its 2010 ballot initiative committee.
Policymakers in Arizona may have to choose between two undesirable options – greater environmental fees for businesses or greater federal intervention in local affairs.
Undeniably, one of the biggest issues of the day is how to reform our nation’s health care system. It’s a colossal task and one that’s long overdue. The same can be said for mental health care in Maricopa County.
When House Speaker Kirk Adams banged the gavel at 3:33 p.m. on Nov. 23 and closed the fourth special session of the 49th Legislature, he also may have brought the end of the final floor session for Norman Moore. Moore has served as chief clerk in the House of Representatives since 1992, when his predecessor [...]
Fires were a common occurrence in frontier towns. With limited water supplies and volunteer firefighters, Tombstone almost completely burned to the ground twice. On June 22, 1881, a cigar ignited a barrel of whiskey at the Arcade Saloon. The subsequent fire destroyed more than 60 businesses in the downtown area – comprising the eastern half [...]
“They do good things 99 percent of the time.” – Gov. Jan Brewer, commenting on the Legislature, while criticizing the League of Arizona Cities and Towns’ recent lawsuit against the state.