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Ex-police NY chief picked to monitor Arpaio’s office
A federal judge who concluded an Arizona sheriff's office has systematically racially profiled people has appointed a former New York police chief to monitor the agency's operations to ensure it isn't making unconstitutional arrests.
Gov. Brewer to present budget plan
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer will release a spending plan for the coming budget year that outlines how she wants to implement reforms at the state's Child Protective Service agency.
Phoenix council OKs Child Exploitation Task Force
The Phoenix City Council has voted unanimously to approve an agreement with the FBI supporting the Child Exploitation Task Force.
Brewer’s staff ordered to turn over some documents
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Gov. Jan Brewer's office to turn over some internal documents about its policy of denying drivers' licenses to people who were brought into the country illegally as children but allowed to stay under a new federal program.
385 kids removed from homes in ignored CPS cases
Nearly 400 children have been removed from Arizona homes identified through thousands of child abuse and neglect reports that the state's child welfare agency failed to investigate in recent years.
EPA grant to ASU to boost border environmental projects
Environmental projects along Arizona's border with Mexico are getting a boost, thanks to funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
How drug tunnels are built, used along US-Mexico border
As border security has tightened, drug cartels have turned to tunneling beneath the ground to avoid detection.
Republican seeks to allow cuts in public pensions
An Arizona lawmaker wants the state constitution amended to allow cuts to public employee pensions and increases in employee contributions if the systems are badly underfunded.
Advocacy groups back Brewer’s CPS restructure
Children's advocacy groups are looking at a decision by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer to replace the state's troubled child welfare agency with a new Cabinet-level division as a sign that she's serious about protecting children ai??i?? even as they await details on how the new agency will operate.
Gov. Jan Brewer calls for new business incentives
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she wants lawmakers to pass a package of business incentives and has called on lawmakers to eliminate a tax on electricity used by manufacturers.
Jan Brewer calls for new human trafficking laws
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has called on lawmakers to pass legislation making it easier for police and prosecutors to target human traffickers.
28K Arizonans have picked plans on ACA exchange
The federal government says nearly 28,000 Arizonans have picked plans under the Affordable Care Act health care exchange in the first three months of open enrollment.
