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Arizona e-cigarette tax could bring in $6M a year
The Arizona Legislature's budget analysts say a tax on electronic cigarettes could bring $6 million a year in new revenue into the state's coffers.
Arizona’s jobless rate down 2nd month in a row
Arizona's unemployment rate has dropped for a second straight month. State Department of Administration economists said Thursday that the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for October was 6.8 percent, down from 6.9 percent in September.
Arizona immigrants praise President Obama’s immigration reform announcement
Activists and immigrants in Phoenix and Tucson watched closely Thursday night as President Barack Obama announced a new program expected to protect as many as 5 million immigrants who reside in the country illegally.
Arizona House selects committee chairs
House Speaker-elect David Gowan of Sierra Vista announced committee chairmanships for a total of 19 committees, including six committees that are either new or hybrids of past panels.
Coconino County to begin enforcing cellphone ban
Coconino County authorities can start citing drivers Saturday for talking on their cellphones without a hands-free device.
Rep. Sinema named chief deputy Democratic whip
Arizona Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is taking a Democratic leadership role in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Sheriff casts critical eye on polygamous community
Mohave County's sheriff says he'll cast a critical eye on a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah line.
Ducey to promote volunteerism at Phoenix charity
Arizona Governor-elect Doug Ducey is launching an initiative to encourage the importance of giving to others.
House Appropriations Committee gets new chairman
The powerful Appropriations Committee of the Arizona House is getting a new chairman. Term limits barred long-serving committee Chairman John Kavanagh from running for re-election to the House, and he was elected earlier this month to the Senate.
Court gives immigrants in Arizona chance for bail
A U.S. Supreme Court ruling has cleared the way for a wave of bail hearings for immigrants across Arizona. Hundreds of immigrants who have been denied bail under a strict Arizona law will now have the opportunity to be released.
AP Sources: Executive orders on immigration to affect millions
President Barack Obama is poised to act soon to unveil a series of executive actions on immigration that will shield possibly around 5 million immigrants living in the country illegally from deportation, according to advocates in touch with the White House.
AP Exclusive: Drones patrol half of Mexico border
The U.S. government now patrols nearly half the Mexican border by drones alone in a largely unheralded shift to control desolate stretches where there are no agents, camera towers, ground sensors or fences, and it plans to expand the strategy to the Canadian border.
