By SoAzNewsX Fox News anchor Brit Hume will be the keynote speaker for the Center for Arizona Policy dinner set for May 5 in Phoenix. Hume, a former ABC News anchor, currently serves as senior political analyst for Fox News. A veteran journalist, Hume meets a standard of excellence seldom found in today’s news media. […]
By SoAzNewsX Rep. Martha McSally of Arizona was joined by lawmakers from both sides of the aisle at a press conference to call for the immediate reinstatement of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) in Arlington National Cemetery. The WASPs were the first women to fly planes in the military and flew stateside missions during […]
By SoAzNewsX Pima County has become the first county in Arizona to provide its employees with paid parental leave for mothers and fathers of newborns or newly adopted babies. The policy, adopted on a 3-2 vote of the Board of Supervisors, gives employees who are new parents up to six weeks of leave, paid at […]
By Navy Office of Community Outreach Navy Midshipman Seth Southard from Tucson, Arizona, participated in the Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) ship selection draft as a future member of the U.S. Navy’s Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) community. More than 280 midshipmen at 70 Navy Reserve Officer Training Corps (NROTC) units around the country have […]
By SoAzNewsX County Administrator Chuck Huckelberry lifted the interim tag off two department directors this week. Maureen “Reenie” Ochoa is the new director of the Pima County Stadium District, which operates Kino Sports Complex. She has been serving as interim director since December. Lisa Josker is the new director of Facilities Management. She has been […]
By Harry Alexander / Southern Arizona News-Examiner Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos is embroiled in yet another controversy. He’s been accused of aggravated assault against the head of the sheriff’s deputies union. Complete details of the incident are sketchy because law enforcement members are involved. But, Sergeant Kevin Kubitsky told Tucson police that he was […]
By SoAzNewsX Rep. Martha McSally (R-AZ) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) will hold a press conference on March 16 at 1:30 PM ET at the U.S. Capitol to call on the Army to reinstate the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) at Arlington National Cemetery, according to McSally’s office. The lawmakers have led the fight in […]
By SoAzNewsX Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said today the announcement that the Russian military will begin withdrawing some of its military forces from Syria probably means the conflict will continue: “The announcement that Russia will begin withdrawing some military forces from Syria signals Vladimir Putin’s belief that he has […]
By Jennifer Stielow / Arizona Tax Research Assn A recent audit by the Arizona Auditor General (AG) revealed many critical flaws surrounding the calculation, collection, distribution, and reporting of the Government Property Lease Excise Tax (GPLET). According to the AG’s review of 268 leases, nearly half are currently under eight-year abatement; and therefore, no revenue is […]
By SoAzNewsX The Tucson city council this week approved a $479,000 incentive package for World View, a company that manufacturers high-altitude balloons. The company previously received a $14.5 million economic development incentive from Pima County. The city’s action will allow the company to take advantage of the Primary Jobs Incentive Program. The inventives being offered […]
