In the News
Jul 6, 2010
The problems we have with border security, criminal cartels and illegal immigration are real. Exaggerating them has nothing to do with finding solutions but with frightening people.
Jul 2, 2010
Truth-Teller? Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson's take on Jan Brewer's fear-mongering
Jul 1, 2010
Yellow Sheet: COME FOR THE CANYON, STAY FOR THE KIDNAPPING
“I’ve never seen an elected official telling the entire world how terrible the state is. People are beginning to look at Phoenix the way we look at Mexico City,” the source said. “They are making it sound like we’re a third-world banana republic.”
Jun 14, 2010
Phoenix New Times
No one's ever accused Republican state Senator John Huppenthal of being the brightest bulb in the state GOP's closet. You might think Huppenthal's lowest moment came when he scuffled with a 78 year-old Democratic activist on election day 2008 over a yard sign. He was ultimately found not guilty of sign tampering and theft, but he ended up looking like a sneaky, aggro dolt nonetheless.
Jun 10, 2010
AZ Republic
Attorney General Terry Goddard pledged Wednesday to go after payday-loan stores that break the law after their permission to charge high-interest rates expires at the end of the month.
Jun 9, 2010
AZ Republic
Imagine selling your house to raise money - and then leasing it back, with interest, over 30 years. That's essentially what Arizona is doing this week as it conducts a two-day sale of state buildings. The sale, which concludes today, is expected to net the state $300 million. But it will cost much more to repay when interest is added, and it will contribute to raising the state's total debt load to more than $10 billion, a figure five times as great as a decade ago.
