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Archive of Arizona on Tuesday June 30, 2009
AZ: State services uncertain if government shuts down
The Legislature's fractured Republican majority struggled Monday to reach a budget agreement, bringing Arizona within hours of a nearly total government shutdown. Read More
AZ: Ariz. lawmakers face midnight deadline on budget
Arizona legislators face a midnight deadline to approve a new budget to close a big revenue shortfall and prevent a possible state government shutdown. Read More
Furloughs cut into state services
With states facing a $121 billion shortfall in the next fiscal year, a growing number of them have turned to squeezing their workforce for savings, and effects both great and small will be felt. Read More
AZ: Brewer wants budget right away, but not those other, lesser bills
Gov. Jan Brewer sent her attorney to court last week to demand that lawmakers send her the bills they already have approved "immediately." Read More
AZ: GOP legislative leaders try to save budget deal
Fearing their vulnerable state budget deal might fall apart less than two days before the end of the fiscal year, Republican legislative leaders spent Monday figuring out a way to keep that spending plan alive. Read More
AZ: Flat-tax compromise adds to budget logjam
If Arizona shifted to a flat tax, there would be a seesaw effect on tax bills: Down for high-income earners but up for some in the middle, according to an analysis in response to a last-minute policy proposal. Read More
AZ: Political Insider -- Harsh times make for harsh words
It's a given that tempers flare and nerves fray as the legislative session nears its finish. But on Saturday, an exchange got downright nasty. Read More
AZ: Fewer taking July 4 out of town
Fewer Arizona residents are expected to hit the road for the Fourth of July holiday this year, but a new survey says recession-wracked travelers appear to be regaining their interest in taking a trip out of town. Read More
AZ: Lawmakers tackle flurry of bills
It was a manic Monday at the Legislature as the Senate and House flew through a flurry of bills in an effort to beat a theoretical June 30 deadline. Read More
NV: Public lands in 6 states, including Utah, set for solar projects
LAS VEGAS -- The federal government's top land steward said Monday that the United States will fast-track efforts to build solar power generating facilities on public space in six Western states. Read More
US: EPA lists sites where coal ash may pose threat
WASHINGTON -- The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday made public a list of 26 communities in 10 states where residents are potentially threatened by coal ash storage ponds similar to one that flooded a neighborhood in Tennessee last year. Read More
US: Ten states race to finish budgets
Ten states were scrambling Monday to pass budgets before a Tuesday deadline, with a handful -- including Arizona, Indiana and Mississippi -- facing the possibility of partial shutdowns if their legislatures don't act in time. Read More
US: Ruling adds teeth to state oversight of banks
For years, state governments have had little power to enforce consumer-protection and lending rules at the country's biggest banks. No more. Read More
US: Obama steers health debate out of capital
WASHINGTON — With Democrats deeply divided over health legislation, President Obama is trying to enlist the nation's governors and his own army of grass-roots supporters in a bid to increase pressure on lawmakers without getting himself mired in the messy battle playing out on Capitol Hill. Read More
US: States brace for shutdowns
INDIANAPOLIS and DENVER -- The last time Indiana missed its deadline for passing a budget and had to shut down the government was during the Civil War. But on Monday, as lawmakers raced to hammer out an agreement over school funding, state agencies began preparing 31,000 workers to be temporarily out of a job. Read More
US: A green way to dump low-tech electronics
Since 2004, 18 states and New York City have approved laws that make manufacturers responsible for recycling electronics, and similar statutes were introduced in 13 other states this year. Read More |
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