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Bomb threat overshadows memorial
A bomb threat closed the Capitol for more than three hours on April 20, at the same time the governor and other state executives remembered the shooting victims at Virginia... […]
Campaign launched to help 200,000 apply for citizenship
The first stepLydia Guzman of the Service Employees International Union, left, and Angeles Maldonado of Somos America (We Are America) show part of a packet designed to help people apply... […]
Senate balks at requiring permits for off-highway vehicles
Another push to require owners of off-highway vehicles to pay for a new annual sticker ran out of gas at the Legislature. The Senate on April 26 voted 14-13 for... […]
Arizona inmates in Indiana transferred after riot
Indiana authorities have transferred more than 200 inmates who helped instigate a two-hour riot at a state prison, officials said April 25. The transfers from the New Castle Correctional facility... […]
The big stress: Moving inmates out of state separates them from family, counseling
Arizona prisoners transferred to Indiana’s New Castle Correctional Facility face great stress from being separated from loved ones, disrupted from schooling and other programs, and might have felt they were... […]
Arizona plans statewide photo speed-enforcement program
Camera vans, mobile enforcement of freeways needed, safety official says
Budget climate: 41 states to post revenue surpluses
Many state officials fret over dip in sales tax collections
Guns on campus
Virginia Tech shootings rekindle question whether weapons can be banned at public universities
U.S. appeals court upholds voter registration law
A federal appeals court rejected an attempt to halt enforcement of an Arizona law that requires voters to show identification before casting a ballot and submit proof of citizenship when... […]
Renzi steps down from all committees after FBI raid
An Arizona congressman temporarily stepped down from two more House committees on April 24, less than a week after the FBI raided his wife’s insurance business. Rep. Rick Renzi, a... […]
Florida lawmakers attempt to mandate toilet paper
Oklahoma legislators vote to make watermelon a veggie to promote festival
Bill passes setting primary a week earlier, delaying early voting in general
The Legislature has approved a bill to move up the state’s primary election a week and to delay the start of early voting in the general election by a week... […]
