| Little-Known Immigration Mandate Keeps Detention Beds Full | | Tue, Nov 19, 2013 | Immigration | | Imagine your city council telling the police department how many people it had to keep in jail each night.That's effectively what Congress has told U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement with a policy known as the "detention bed mandate." The mandate calls for filling 34,000 beds in some 250 facilities across Read More Tags: Arizona, Pinal County, U.S. Congress, U.S. Immigration and Customes Enforcement, Florence | - Share It!
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| Gooday appointed to Pinal court bench | | Sun, Oct 20, 2013 | Pinal County | | Henry “Hank” Gooday Jr. was appointed a Pinal County Superior Court judge last Thursday by Gov. Jan Brewer.Gooday’s appointment fills a vacancy created with the retirement of Judge Boyd Johnson.Gooday, a Republican, has worked for Pinal County Superior Court since 2006 and has been a court commissioner since 2010. He’s Read More Tags: Arizona, Pinal County, Pinal County Superior Court, Judges | - Share It!
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| Board should have the authority, supe says | | Thu, Aug 22, 2013 | Pinal County | | At least one member of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors thinks changes should be made to a budget resolution to give less authority to the county manager in the future.Supervisor Todd House of Apache Junction said a budget resolution that governs expenditures and budgets for all elected and appointed Read More Tags: Pinal County, BOS, Pinal County Budgets, Todd House | - Share It!
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| Board of supervisors: Pinal tax rates still lag well behind state average | | Tue, Aug 20, 2013 | Pinal County | | FLORENCE — Things have improved slightly for Pinal County taxpayers this fiscal year, but the county still has some of the highest tax rates in Arizona.At a special Board of Supervisors meeting on Monday, the board approved the tax rates and levies for the 2013-14 fiscal year. Tags: Pinal County, BOS, Pinal County Taxes | - Share It!
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| Pinal supervisor’s assistant was on ‘do not hire’ list | | Fri, Jul 26, 2013 | Pinal County | | The right-hand man to District 2 Republican supervisor Cheryl Chase was on a county “do-not-hire” list just days before Chase made the move to hire him.Shortly after being elected by an overwhelming margin in November, Chase made a request to her former boss – Pinal County sheriff Paul Babeu – Read More Tags: Pinal County, Supervisor Cheryl Chase, Paul Babeu, Manuel Vega | - Share It!
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| Prominent Pinal Republican blasts Babeu, Voyles | | Sat, Jun 29, 2013 | Pinal County | | Harold Vangilder is upset with how his political party leaders are acting in Pinal County, and he’s not afraid to take the leading Republicans to task for their actions.Vangilder is a lifelong Republican who maintains an active role in the Pinal County Republican Committee. Recently, he authored a draft resolution Read More Tags: Pinal County, Sheriff Paul Babeu, County Attorney Lando Voyeles, Harold Vangilder | - Share It!
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| Arizona farmers angry over reduced water rights | | Sat, Jun 22, 2013 | Pinal County | | CASA GRANDE, Ariz. -- A state Department of Water Resources plan to gradually reduce agricultural groundwater rights is drawing fire from some Arizona farmers.The Case Grande Dispatch reported that nearly 150 people packed Casa Grande City Hall council chambers this week to voice opposition on a plan they say will Read More Tags: Arizona, Pinal County, Farmers, Water Rights, Agricultural groundwater rights | - Share It!
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| Holt ready for second shot at Senate seat | | Sat, Jun 22, 2013 | Election 2014 | | Oro Valley Democrat Jo Holt, seen speaking during a candidate debate in Maricopa last October, announced this week she would seek the state Senate seat for District 11 in 2014.A political newcomer no more, Oro Valley resident Jo Holt is getting an early jump on her campaign for state Senate.Holt Read More Tags: Arizona, Pinal County, District 11, Jo Holt | - Share It!
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| SMITH: Vice chair’s view: Clarifying Babeu’s budget requests | | Sat, Jun 22, 2013 | Pinal County | | By ANTHONY SMITH, Vice chairman Pinal Board of SupervisorsLately, there have been several newspaper articles, editorials and even some emails written by Sheriff Babeu stating that the Board of Supervisors should increase the level of funding for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office (PCSO).I believe your county leaders have the same Read More Tags: Pinal County, Board of Supervisors, Sheriff, Paul Babeu, Anthony Smith | - Share It!
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