MIAMI – This past Saturday, Congressman Tom O’Halleran and Congresswoman Linda Sanchez (CA-38) met with the Democrats of the Cobre Valley in Miami to discuss issues important to voters in rural Arizona. In a wide-ranging discussion, voters of Gila County stressed the importance of economic development in rural areas, investing …
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Its the Year of the Woman. Again. Part 3
This is the final piece of a 3-part series on women who made history in Arizona politics by writer/historian Heidi Osselaer. Fulfilling the Promise When Janet Napolitano ran for attorney general in Arizona in 1998, a reporter asked a question she will never forget: “So, do you plan on running …
Read More »O’Halleran Leads Bipartisan Letter Against Medicaid Work Requirements on Tribal Communities
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) sent a bipartisan letter signed by 33 other members of Congress to Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar regarding reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services would subject American Indian and Alaska Native communities to state-imposed work requirements in …
Read More »Globe Democrat Linda Gross Aims for State House Seat in Legislative District 8
In less than a month, the Globe publisher and entrepreneur has gathered at least half the petition signatures needed to get on the ballot GLOBE, Ariz. — Since announcing her intent to run for the Arizona House of Representatives in Legislative District 8 as a clean elections candidate less than a month ago, …
Read More »Farm Bill cuts nearly $500 million from rural development programs over next ten years
O’Halleran Votes Against Cuts Rural Infrastructure Projects WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Agriculture marked up the recently released Farm Bill, which was drafted by the leadership of the Committee with no input from members. Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01), during his remarks, expressed his disappointment in the unprecedented partisanship …
Read More »O’Halleran Votes Against Cuts to Medicare and Social Security
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) voted against a Constitutional amendment that would make draconian cuts to Social Security and Medicare and harm Arizonans. “Our national debt has been on the rise year after year, but rather than focusing on commonsense solutions to bring it down, Congress has …
Read More »Globe Mayor’s Report: for March
CDGB FUNDING The first Public hearing and a Fair Housing policy was passed by the city on March 27th as required to receive the three-year allotment of the CDBG funding in the amount of 417K. POLICE K-9 PROGRAM A presentation was made to council by the Globe Police Department for …
Read More »Gila County to Celebrate National County Government Month
GILA COUNTY_ Leaders to highlight county innovations in public health and safety, justice, other county programs Gila County, AZ (April 3, 2018) — Gila County will celebrate National County Government Month (NCGM) during the month of April to showcase how the county is building healthy, vibrant and safe communities through …
Read More »City update on resolution of HAZMAT incident on Broadstreet
GLOBE- On March 21 at approximately 9:50 A.M., Globe Fire personnel were called to investigate a substance contained in bottles located in a store front on the 100 North Block of Broad St in downtown Globe. Upon investigation, it was determined that the bottles contained picric acid which had begun …
Read More »Picric Acid shuts down Broadstreet
GLOBE-Most of Globe’s downtown district has been cleared as of mid- morning when old bottles of picric acid, a potentially volatile Class A explosive, were found in the basement of an empty building on Broad street, while the owner was clearing out debris. He alerted Globe Fire. Globe PD and …
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