2007 Press Releases

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 24, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the indictment of William Bean, 52, former Red Mesa Unified School District Superintendent, Stewart Waite, 35, former Red Mesa Unified School District Business…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 23, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that his Office will be increasing enforcement efforts against retailers who illegally sell tobacco products to minors. In cooperation with the Arizona Department of…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 20, 2007) – The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals today upheld a U.S. District Court’s decision permitting Arizona election officials to continue implementing voter identification requirements that voters adopted three…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 19, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today warned consumers about a Social Security scam that is targeting Arizona.

Consumers are receiving calls from scam artists claiming to be from the Social Security…

(Phoenix, Ariz. - April 19, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard and Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) Director Steve Owens announced today that ASARCO, Inc. will pay a $77,500 penalty under a consent judgment with ADEQ for air…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 18, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced that he is opening an investigation into possible violations of state law in the handling of student loans in Arizona.

The Attorney General’s Office will…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 17, 2007) Former State Mine Inspector Douglas Martin, 67, was sentenced today to a 30-day jail term starting in one year, April 16, 2008, and 18 months supervised probation. The sentence followed Martin’s guilty plea last…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 6, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today issued an opinion stating that the Arizona Department of Education must establish procedures to determine eligibility before persons can receive adult education services.…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – April 4, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard will be the keynote speaker at the annual Better Business Bureau Ethics Awards Dinner on Thursday, April 5, at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix. Goddard will discuss business…

(Phoenix, Ariz. – March 29, 2007) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the indictment of 16 defendants in the breakup of one of the largest human smuggling operations in the state’s history.

A year-long investigation by the…