Republicans Agree on Worst Budget Deal in Arizona History

State Capitol, Phoenix – Republican Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican lawmakers succeeded in agreeing on the worst budget deal in Arizona history, says the Democratic Caucus of the Arizona House of Representatives.

Brewer, who for the last several weeks vowed to not make deep cuts to vital services like education, has reportedly agreed to cut more than $600 million, including deep funding cuts to K-12 education. Republican lawmakers allowed Brewer’s tax increase of $438 a year for the average Arizona family after months of condemning it.
 

Arrests Made in 2004 Scottsdale Diversity Office Bombing

Friday, the U.S. Attorney Diane J. Humetewa joined federal and local law enforcement executives to announced the federal indictment and arrests of two longtime white supremacists Dennis and Daniel Mahon for their alleged role in a mail bomb attack that seriously injured three City of Scottsdale employees, including Donald Logan, the city's Director of Diversity and Dialogue, in February 2004.
 

Black Press of America Elects New Chairman

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (NNPA) – Los Angeles Sentinel Publisher Danny Bakewell, the new chairman of the National Newspaper Publishers Assoc-iation, a federation of more than 200 Black-owned newspapers, says he aims to fortify the power of the Black Press of America by unifying its ranks while also uniting with other civil rights organizations.