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Thursday, May 9, 2013 4:00 am
Gov. Jan Brewer today appointed attorneys Sean Earl Brearcliffe, Michael Joseph Butler and Brenden James Griffin to the Pima County Superior Court.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:00 am
District 9 State Rep. Ethan Orr, R – Ariz., isn’t very popular with his own party when it comes to his stance on Gov. Jan Brewer’s Medicaid expansion – and he’s okay with that.
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013 4:00 am
In what looks to be a long session for the Arizona Legislature, town officials in Marana and Oro Valley are nervously waiting to find out the outcome of House Bill 2657.
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Monday, April 8, 2013 3:59 pm
Governor Jan Brewer today established via Executive Order the Governor’s Task Force on Human Trafficking. Among their charges, members will be tasked with identifying opportunities to strengthen Arizona’s current human trafficking statutes, with the ultimate goal of reducing human trafficking and assisting victims of this heinous crime.
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Monday, April 8, 2013 3:53 pm
Gov. Jan Brewer today signed into law SB 1139, legislation that officially establishes an annual “National Day of the Cowboy” in Arizona.
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Friday, April 5, 2013 4:13 pm
Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law HB 2204, legislation that extends health insurance to the widowed spouses and dependents of Arizona peace officers, correctional officers and firefighters killed in the line of duty. The measure includes an emergency clause, so it takes effect immediately.
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Thursday, April 4, 2013 9:43 am
Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law House Bill 2327, legislation that gives law enforcement officers another critical tool to attack the production and use of so-called “Spice,” “K2” and other synthetic drugs in our communities.
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Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:27 am
Governor Jan Brewer today signed into law HB 2425 – critical education legislation that enables the State Board of Education to replace the AIMS test with an improved performance assessment aligned with the Arizona Common Core Standards.
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Thursday, March 28, 2013 10:28 am
Governor Jan Brewer today was honored by American Mothers, Inc. (AMI), with the “Mother of Accomplishment in Government” Award.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013 4:00 am
Yesterday I was at the State Capitol shadowing Rep. Adam Kwasman. It was great. I sat in on the Commerce Committee meeting. We are trying to bring businesses to Arizona. Texas is not doing Medicaid-Obamacare. So do you think companies will leave the Obamacare State of California and come to Arizona if we also have Medicaid Obamacare (Obrewercare)? Absolutely not. Why would they come to the same situation they want to leave (over taxed) in California. Texas, here they come, or those other States that don’t pass Medicaid Obamacare. Good luck Arizona because they won’t come here. Thanks Gov. Jan Brewer. She will be leaving as governor so she doesn’t care what happens to our State.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013 4:00 am
Rep. Adam Kwasman, R-District 11, said his number one priority is defeating Gov. Jan Brewer’s proposal to expand Medicaid in Arizona.
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Friday, March 15, 2013 3:10 pm
Governor Jan Brewer today appointed Toni Hellon to serve as the Clerk of the Superior Court for Pima County.
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Friday, March 15, 2013 12:24 pm
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Friday, March 15, 2013 11:05 am
Gov. Jan Brewer is celebrating the news that Arizona ranks 2nd nationally in terms of solar installation, according to the 2012 U.S. Solar Market Insight Report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). Even more impressive, more utility-scale solar technology was installed in Arizona over the last year than in any other state.
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Friday, March 1, 2013 11:18 am
Governor Jan Brewer today issued a Declaration of Emergency in response to the recent collapse of a portion of U.S. Highway 89, near Page, Arizona. The Declaration will assist the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) with seeking reimbursement from the Federal Highway Administration for necessary repairs to the roadway.
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Friday, February 22, 2013 12:43 pm
Governor Jan Brewer today announced the launch of an online tool that will help Arizona parents, students, teachers and school leaders see how newly-proposed performance funding will benefit their local schools. The online tool can be viewed at: http://azgovernor.gov/K-12-PF-Calc.asp.
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013 11:22 am
Pima Community College’s Adult Education program is joining other literacy groups from across the state to celebrate Arizona Adult Literacy week, an annual event celebrating adult literacy and lifelong learning in Arizona communities.
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Friday, February 8, 2013 5:02 pm
The Arizona Board of Regents on Feb. 7 passed a resolution in support of Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer's fiscal year 2014 budget request, which calls for $58.6 million in new money for the state's public university enterprise.
Brewer outlined her request to board members during the two-day board meeting on the Arizona State University campus.
"The board applauds the governor’s budget recommendations and its investment in our universities, and we thank the governor for her commitment to higher education," said ABOR Chairman Rick Myers. "The board has directed the university system presidents to support and advocate on behalf of the governor’s budget recommendations for the universities and her Medicaid expansion plan to business leaders, the state Legislature and to the public."
The governor's request includes $8 million for further development of the UA College of Medicine-Phoenix. This investment is important as Arizona continues to face a troubling shortage of doctors and medical professionals.
The request also calls for $15.4 million in performance-based funding to reward progress in areas such as degrees awarded and gains in external research. Moving to a performance-based model is a priority for the regents as the universities strive to meet goals intended to support and stimulate Arizona's economy.
Additionally, a proposed allocation of $19.9 million for soft capital would be key to providing advanced equipment and technology to meet academic and infrastructure needs.
Also at the meeting, the regents approved funding for three research projects from the Regents Innovation Fund through fiscal year 2013-14. Three out of 13 proposed projects were selected for funding, for a total of $1.1 million.
They include:
- Researchers will identify ways to improve profitability of algae farming, investigate a variety of non-potable water sources and waste streams, and identify target products from algae that will flourish in the waste water streams. The project will support efforts to designate algal culture as agriculture in Arizona, increase commercialization of the product, and promote a sustainable strategy for the reuse of Arizona's waste resources. The regents have allocated $200,000 for this project.
- The second project will support the transition to informatics-intensive research for Arizona's nationally ranked environmental research programs. It will move the Arizona higher education enterprise into a national leadership position in the critical emerging area of environmental information. Research and development will focus on the environmental sciences relating to creation, collection, storage, processing, modeling, interpretation, display and dissemnation of data and information. The regents have allocated $450,000 for this project.
- A third project will build upon the pilot involving SciVal Experts. It will expand the effort in building digital research infrastructure capabilities that will enhance the research functions of Arizona's three universities. The project aims to increase researchers' ability to form creative and dynamic collaborative teams across disciplines and locations, improve their access to funding opportunities, and provide access to a data management infrastructure. The allocation for this project is $450,000.
Also at the meeting:
- The board approved an extended and revised contract for Rich Rodriguez, head UA football coach. The changes extends his contract by one year to Nov. 30, 2017, increases his base salary and makes adjustments to other compensation schedules.
- The regents approved a contract for Anthony Amato, the new UA women's head soccer coach. Amato's contract will run through Dec. 31, 2015, and his base salary will be $80,000, with increases based on team achievements.
- The board appointed Peter Calihan to the University of Arizona Health Network Board of Directors.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:00 am
With the Oro Valley Police Department having its School Resource Officer (SRO) program well established and the state’s governor calling to expand state funding, the Marana and Tucson police departments have to consider following suit.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013 4:00 am
I often use this column space to criticize some of the nonsense that comes through the Arizona Legislature, but last week, I was extremely impressed with a bill that was passed with very little arguments.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013 4:00 am
With the re-election of President Barack Obama, half the nation rejoiced while half stood in disbelief.
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Thursday, January 24, 2013 4:00 am
In her State of the State address last Tuesday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer expressed her continued optimism about the direction of Arizona’s economy, and called for increased competition in the realms of job creation and education.
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Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:44 am
Governor Jan Brewer today announced the appointment of Mitchell C. Laird to the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
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Last week, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer delivered her State of the State speech. Brewer expressed her continued optimism about the direction of Arizona’s economy, and called for increased competition in the realms of job creation and education.
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Last week, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer delivered her State of the State speech. Brewer expressed her continued optimism about the direction of Arizona’s economy, and called for increased competition in the realms of job creation and education.
