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State immigration
State legislatures passed more than twice as many bills dealing with illegal immigrants this year as they did in 2006, enacting laws on everything from employment rules to human trafficking,... […]
Senator Allen gets national honor for support of arts
An Arizona senator has been named to receive a national award for her contribution to the arts.Sen. Carolyn Allen, R-8, was cited for pushing for funding in a legislative environment... […]
Juror No. 48 finds that duty creates roomful of equals
I looked at the upside when I received the summons for jury duty. I’d get a day off.As it turned out, it was hardly a holiday. The experience fell somewhere... […]
Arizona courts search old cases to determine right to jury trial
It’s the 21st century, but Arizona lawyers and judges still can find themselves looking at cases and laws from stagecoach days and before to figure out whether some criminal defendants... […]
Supreme Court rejects challenge of university tuition increases
The Arizona Supreme Court on Aug. 9 upheld a lower court’s ruling dismissing a challenge to the Arizona Board of Regents’ decision to increase university tuition in 2003.In Kromko v.... […]
Gila River tribe seeks court approval of water rights
The Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), with support from the federal and state governments, will go to Maricopa County Superior Court at 9 a.m. Aug. 20 to try to prove... […]
Colby Bower: Persistence is important trait in a lobbyist
How did you break into the lobbying profession? Becoming a lobbyist for me was really just a natural career path. I had worked on political campaigns, worked developing policy for... […]
‘Ring’ decision was about aggravating factors
I am compelled to respond to your article regarding the ever-increasing number of capital cases pending in the Maricopa County Superior Court. County seeks death penalty court to ease backlog,... […]
Lawmakers: ‘Real ID’ poses a real dilemma
Opposition to a law establishing national standards for driver’s licenses is unlikely to fade even if it were flush with federal funds, according to the program’s most vocal critics in... […]
‘Most people really do step up and serve’
As the Maricopa County Superior Court Jury Commissioner, Marcus Reinkensmeyer, 52, rounds up citizens for jury duty in the county’s five regional Superior Court centers – including the downtown Phoenix... […]
Zane Grey
Zane Grey is considered one of America’s most prolific writers and a pioneer of the Western as a literary genre. When Zane Grey’s first successful novel, “Heritage of the Desert,”... […]
Supreme Court rejects challenge of university tuition increases
The Arizona Supreme Court on Aug. 9 upheld a lower court’s ruling dismissing a challenge to the Arizona Board of Regents’ decision to increase university tuition in 2003. In ~Kromko... […]
