Advertise with Googlier.com Maine | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com Your Inside Source for Arizona Government, Politics and Business Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:05:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.11 https://azcapitoltimes.com/files/2023/05/az17.jpg Maine | Arizona Capitol Times https://azcapitoltimes.com 32 32 43761567 Mayes, 21 other attorneys general oppose 3M settlement over water systems contamination with ‘forever chemicals’ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/26/mayes-21-other-attorneys-general-oppose-3m-settlement-over-water-systems-contamination-with-forever-chemicals/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/26/mayes-21-other-attorneys-general-oppose-3m-settlement-over-water-systems-contamination-with-forever-chemicals/#respond Thu, 27 Jul 2023 00:05:25 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=481026 Twenty-two attorneys general, including Kris Mayes, urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water systems with potentially dangerous chemicals, saying it lets manufacturer 3M Co. off too easily.

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]]> TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Twenty-two attorneys general, including Kris Mayes, urged a federal court Wednesday to reject a proposed $10.3 billion settlement over contamination of U.S. public drinking water...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/26/mayes-21-other-attorneys-general-oppose-3m-settlement-over-water-systems-contamination-with-forever-chemicals/feed/ 0 481026 Woman who faked being nurse practitioner during pandemic gets 5-year prison term https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/12/woman-who-faked-being-nurse-practitioner-during-pandemic-gets-5-year-prison-term/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/12/woman-who-faked-being-nurse-practitioner-during-pandemic-gets-5-year-prison-term/#respond Wed, 12 Jul 2023 19:36:27 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=480387 An Arizona woman who faked being a nurse practitioner during the Covid pandemic was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison.

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]]> PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona woman who faked being a nurse practitioner during the Covid pandemic was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison. State prosecutors said 58-year-old Pamela O’Guinn...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2023/07/12/woman-who-faked-being-nurse-practitioner-during-pandemic-gets-5-year-prison-term/feed/ 0 480387 Biden pledges new commitments, respect for tribal nations https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/11/30/biden-pledges-new-commitments-respect-for-tribal-nations/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/11/30/biden-pledges-new-commitments-respect-for-tribal-nations/#respond Wed, 30 Nov 2022 19:31:46 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=258487 President Joe Biden on Wednesday pledged to give Native Americans a stronger voice in federal affairs, promising at the first in-person summit on tribal affairs in six years that he would foster "respect for Indigenous knowledge and tribal consultations" in government decision-making.

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]]> Audience members listen as President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Tribal Nations Summit at the Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C., on Nov....

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/11/30/biden-pledges-new-commitments-respect-for-tribal-nations/feed/ 0 258487 Politics aside, treasurer’s race gets political   https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/10/21/politics-aside-treasurers-race-gets-political/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/10/21/politics-aside-treasurers-race-gets-political/#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2022 17:33:27 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=257434 Candidates for what has historically been the least political state office are accusing each other of being too political. Incumbent Treasurer Kimberley Yee faced Democratic nominee Sen. Martín Quezada of Glendale, in a recent Arizona PBS debate.

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]]> Candidates for what has historically been the least political state office traded claims recently that the other is too political. Incumbent Treasurer Kimberley Yee accused Democratic nominee...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2022/10/21/politics-aside-treasurers-race-gets-political/feed/ 0 257434 Walkout teachers now in a drive to win US statehouse posts https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/10/03/walkout-teachers-now-in-a-drive-to-win-us-statehouse-posts/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/10/03/walkout-teachers-now-in-a-drive-to-win-us-statehouse-posts/#respond Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:35:06 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=125211 Kathy Hoffman and the other teacher candidates represent a wild-card political movement following the teacher-driven #RedForEd effort that drew support from parents and school children in Arizona, Colorado, Kentucky, Oklahoma and West Virginia

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]]> In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018 photo, Kathy Hoffman, a public school speech therapist, is a Democratic candidate running for superintendent of public instruction. Hoffman is...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2018/10/03/walkout-teachers-now-in-a-drive-to-win-us-statehouse-posts/feed/ 0 125211 On tour, Giffords’ actions speak on gun control https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/08/on-tour-giffords-actions-speak-on-gun-control/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/08/on-tour-giffords-actions-speak-on-gun-control/#respond Mon, 08 Jul 2013 15:40:00 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=61020 DOVER, N.H. (AP) ai??i?? Thirty months after she was shot through the head, former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords sits in a New Hampshire restaurant facing parents of children killed in the nation's latest school shooting.

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]]> [caption id="attachment_61021" align="alignleft" width="512" caption="In this photo taken Friday, July 5, 2013, former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords greets Jackie Barden, right, mother of a Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victim...

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]]> https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/07/08/on-tour-giffords-actions-speak-on-gun-control/feed/ 0 61020 Notable laws nationally add restrictions to life in 2013 https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/01/07/notable-laws-nationally-add-restrictions-to-life-in-2013/ https://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2013/01/07/notable-laws-nationally-add-restrictions-to-life-in-2013/#comments Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:24:11 +0000 https://azcaptimes.wpenginepowered.com/?p=54602 In California, a new law makes it a crime for a dog to pursue a bear or bobcat at any time.

In Illinois, it’s now illegal to sell, trade or distribute shark fins.

The National Conference of State Legislatures has compiled a list of laws around the country that went into effect Jan. 1. Here are others, as described by the NCSL.

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]]> In California, a new law makes it a crime for a dog to pursue a bear or bobcat at any time. In Illinois, it’s now illegal to sell, trade or...

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