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Archive of Arizona on Monday June 29, 2009
AZ: Legislature hopes to cram months of work into 2 days
As Arizona lawmakers enter their 24th week of work, things don't look all that different from when they started Jan. 12: A gargantuan budget deficit. Scores of bills. Difficult relations with the governor. And not much to show for all the time and effort. Read More
AZ: Audit -- CPS slow to probe abuse
Child Protective Services investigators are failing to investigate complaints of abuse in group homes and treatment centers in the required time frame, an audit has found, placing children at risk of further harm. Read More
AZ: 6 months after debut, light rail remains busy
For six months, light-rail trains have run their 20-mile track between Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa, picking up millions of passengers. Read More
AZ: State budget deal calls for a tax overhaul
Arizonans would see a switch to a flat income tax, get a chance to vote on a sales-tax increase and see smaller state government as part of a budget agreement reached between Gov. Jan Brewer and GOP legislative leaders. Read More
MO: Bombing suspect had supremacist history in Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The white supremacist charged in a 2004 mail bombing in Arizona has a history of hate group activity in Missouri and Oklahoma, including claims that he sent a note of support to Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh in 1996 but condemned the killings, an expert says. Read More
WY: State senator resigns after Arizona move
RAWLINS, Wyo. -- Wyoming state Sen. Bill Vasey of Rawlins has resigned from his seat after 23 years in the state Legislature because he and his wife recently moved to Yuma, Ariz. Read More
US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work. Read More |
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