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Dems choose Goddard, Fernandez as superdelegates
About 500 people attended the Arizona Democratic Party convention April 26 at the Wyndham hotel in Phoenix. Hillary Clinton carried the Arizona presidential primary in February, but when it came... […]
Legislature passes revisions to employer sanctions
The Arizona Legislature has approved revisions to the employer sanctions law passed last year. The bill's next stop is the governor's desk. The state Senate voted 22-4 to pass H2745,... […]
Supreme Court rejects voter-ID challenge
The U.S. Supreme Court on April 28 rejected a challenge to voter-identification requirements used in Indiana that opponents claimed impeded the ability of the poor, the elderly and minorities to... […]
House, Senate pass DUI bill
Legislation would ease penalties for first-time offenders
Arizona Supreme Court rejects death-row appeal
On April 21, the Arizona Supreme Court unanimously rejected an appeal from a Tucson man sentenced to death for killing police officer Patrick Hardesty in 2003.John Montenegro Cruz was sentenced... […]
Thomas could face more competition on November ballot
Three candidates lining up for Maricopa County Attorney
Colangelo hands over reigns of PCA to Shultz
As the ever-changing Phoenix skyline glittered through a second-story window behind him, Jerry Colangelo sat at the head of a giant table of businessmen and leaders and relinquished part of... […]
Parents of dead soldier sue Flagstaff T-shirt distributor
The parents of a U.S. soldier killed in Iraq have filed a federal lawsuit in Tennessee seeking $10 million from Flagstaff merchant Dan Frazier over his refusal to remove their... […]
Experts say immigration overhaul could remove edge for families
For years, immigration law in the United States has given an edge to families.Those who can show that they have family members in this country have a better shot at... […]
Some immigrants leaving Arizona in wake of employer sanctions
AVONDALE — In the corner of a living room in a small house that he rents in this Phoenix suburb, Juan Carlos has piled six black garbage bags stuffed with... […]
Pima County Sheriff Ed Echols
Edward Franklin Echols served as Pima County sheriff five times. Five-time Pima County Sheriff Edward Franklin Echols, born in Stockton, Texas, had little formal education. Echols, a giant of a... […]
Headlines from The Past
This week five years ago (April 25, 2003):Census: Immigration sustains urban counties, outer suburbs flourishImmigration was one factor that helped stabilize some of the nation’s largest cities last year. Researchers... […]
