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Panel aims to thwart copper thefts
The Arizona Copper Theft Committee was forged out of pure necessity. In Coolidge, farmers, business owners and private citizens noticed they were being victimized by copper thieves. Even the Little... […]
Strains on a 50-year partnership: Town of Maricopa, Ak-Chin tribe, struggle with
Last January, Ak-Chin Indian Community Chairman Delia Carlyle had to heat water in a crock pot in her microwave before a breakfast meeting with Governor Napolitano. During the Valley’s coldest... […]
Company president, HR manager arrested in immigration raid
Federal authorities recently raided a construction company in southern Arizona accused of hiring illegal immigrants, filing criminal charges against the firm’s president and seven other employees and detaining eight illegal... […]
Arizona Copper Theft Committee
The businesses managed and owned by the committee’s board of directors experienced combined collateral damages of more than $1 million due to copper theft in the last 12 months. Board... […]
Expert testimony bill dies; critics say it would have benefited wealthy
Lawmakers crossed party lines to sink a bill that sought to expand the power of judges in deciding whether to admit expert testimony in a trial. But its author said... […]
Supreme Court explains decision barring immigration measure from Phoenix ballot
The Arizona Supreme Court explained a previous decision to prevent a Phoenix ballot initiative, which proposed that city officials, employees and police officers enforce immigration law, from appearing on the... […]
Sentencing reform needed for first offenders, elderly
In 2001 Arizona had the eighth highest incarceration rate in the country. Its crime policy is driven by fear, media-created hysteria, political ideology and electoral opportunism. For politicians, good slogans... […]
Feds burden state lawmakers with Real ID mandate
Do as we say, not as we do. That’s the message from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. When Congress enacted the Real ID Act in 2005 to create national... […]
Grandparents seek financial aid for kids’ care
Grandparents rally, kids play Tatyanna Garcia, 7, teases her 4-year-old cousin, Damian Cordova, as his grandfather, Gilbert Cardova, 63, looks on. They were among the 200 grandparents and grandchildren at... […]
Water for rural Arizona: Bill requiring adequate supplies in subdivisions advances
‘So I guess I’d like to know whose private property rights we are talking about — the developers out there who want to make money out of vacant land in... […]
Reaction mixed as Napolitano focuses on ‘big picture’ with GOP caucus
Gov. Janet Napolitano addressed House and Senate Republicans in a joint caucus meeting March 13, telling them she welcomed the opportunity to refocus the legislative session on the state’s most... […]
Honoring the hometown war dead
Maryvale High grad adds bios to names on Vietnam Memorial
