Today's headlines

• Arpaio leads GOP gov. candidate poll November 23, 2009
  The best bet for Republicans to keep the governor’s office would be to choose Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as the party’s nominee, a new statewide poll shows. According to Rasmussen Reports, a head-to-head race between incumbent Republican Jan Brewer and presumptive Democratic nominee Terry Goddard would result in her ouster. Templar: Jus […]
• Gov., lawmakers cut budget by $300 million November 23, 2009
  Without a single Democrat in support, state lawmakers agreed Monday to immediately cut $300 million in state spending, half of that from education. Within hours, Gov. Jan Brewer signed the package. But Brewer acknowledged that the cuts, along with another $160 million in savings through other maneuvers like letting state agencies hike their fees, only make a […]
• Poll: Debt turning shoppers into Scrooges November 23, 2009
  WASHINGTON — A lot more Americans are feeling stressed out by debt this holiday season, raising the glum likelihood they'll behave like Scrooge rather than Santa. In fact, fully 93 percent say they'll spend less or about the same as last year, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll. Half of all those polled say they're suffering at le […]