Northwest briefs

Oracle studio tour this weekend

Fitz Blog: Melvin to run for White House

MARS - Three-term state Sen. Al Melvin announced Monday he intends to run for President of the United States this coming year. “Although it’s not an election year I’m not going to let that malarkey stand in my way.”

State Sen. Al Melvin to run for Arizona governor

PHOENIX — Three-term state Sen. Al Melvin announced this afternoon he intends to run for governor this coming year.

3 privacy-protection bills advance in Arizona Legislature

PHOENIX - A trio of bills aimed at protecting the privacy of Arizonans' reading habits, their gambling gains and government records about them moved a step closer to being approved Monday.

AZ panel votes to make it harder for some to get jobless benefits

PHOENIX - State lawmakers are poised to make it more difficult for some people to collect unemployment benefits.

New filmmaking credit proposed

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New filmmaking credit proposed

PHOENIX - Hoping to lure more movies, TV shows and commercials, state lawmakers are moving to once again provide income tax credits for those who produce them in Arizona.

Arizona bill would restrict cellphone use in car by new drivers

PHOENIX - State lawmakers are sending a message to new teen drivers: Put down the phone.

Guest Column: Mickelson story illustrates this point: You can thrive in Arizona, not in California

Pro golfer Phil Mickelson brought up an important issue that many people around the nation are facing today - they are being overtaxed and essentially penalized for their success in life.

GOP selects Biggs as Senate president

PHOENIX - A smaller Republican majority in the Arizona Senate ousted incumbent President Steve Pierce of Prescott on Friday, replacing him with Andy Biggs of Gilbert.

GOP fund causing internal squabble

The longstanding conflict between conservative and moderate Republicans is erupting in Southern Arizona, as some GOP candidates complain they've been abandoned by the party's "Victory Fund."

Legislative District 11: Senate: Melvin casts race as partisan fight; Holt says that's the problem

For state Sen. Al Melvin, the most basic reason to vote for him and against opponent Jo Holt is simple: She's a Democrat, and he's a Republican.

Fitz Blog:Flags over Saddlebrooke

"When I see a house with an American flag I know it's a conservative home," Republican state senator "Capt." Al Melvin told a recent Tucson Tea Party rally while stroking a flag on a nearby stand and snarling.

Fitz Blog:Tea party hangover

Fitz Blog:Primary round-up

The Primary is over and the herd has been thinned. It's time for a round-up.

Candidate bio: Al Melvin

• Office: Arizona Senate Legislative District 11

Candidate bio: Al Melvin

Al Melvin

More nonsense in attacking US government

Why not just secede? It's a fair question to ask, now that state lawmakers have passed Sen. Al Melvin's law demanding the U.S. government give up title to nearly all public lands in Arizona.

Legislators endorse call for AZ nuclear waste site

In France, a pool storage area houses spent nuclear fuel tanks that are unloaded in baskets and placed under about 14 feet of water to lower their temperature, as part of the treatment of waste. Sen. Al Melvin of Tucson points to such technology run by Areva as a model for Arizona.