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Health overhaul: Arizona language diversity
Arizona faces cultural and linguistic challenges in trying to educate the public about the federal health care overhaul and in marketing the changes to limited-English speakers and hard-to-reach populations.
Arizona House approves changes to “Resign to Run” law
The Arizona House of Representatives has passed a bill making it easier for elected officials to launch campaigns for another office without triggering the state's "Resign to Run" law.
Arizona spars over drivers licenses for young immigrants
Immigrant rights advocates want Gov. Jan Brewer's ban on driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits under a new Obama administration policy declared unconstitutional.
Homeland Security freed over 2,000 immigrants since February
The Homeland Security Department released from its jails more than 2,000 illegal immigrants facing deportation in recent weeks due to looming budget cuts and planned to release 3,000 more during March, The Associated Press has learned.
Maricopa County supervisor resigning over health
Maricopa County Supervisor Max Wilson says he's resigning, effective on March 11.
Arizona asks Supreme Court to allow execution
Arizona is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to execute a 70-year-old death-row inmate for killing a Bisbee man more than three decades ago.
New regents president eyes changes as opportunity
Eileen Klein, the new president of the Arizona Board of Regents, intends to help the state universities become forces for Arizona's overall improvement during her three-year term.
Arizona braces for federal budget cuts
Across the state, Arizonans are bracing for federal spending cuts that will take effect Friday barring compromise between President Barack Obama and the House Republican leadership over a plan to reduce the national debt.
Court strikes down Ariz. law on school bond money
The Arizona Court of Appeals has ruled that a 2010 state law allowing school districts to spend unused bond money without asking voters is unconstitutional.
US appeals court blocks Arizona execution
Arizona prosecutors will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a lower court's order blocking the scheduled execution of a death-row inmate for a killing that occurred nearly 35 years ago.
Court ordered to consider death-row inmate’s case
A federal appeals court is ordering a lower-court judge to consider claims by an Arizona death-row inmate that he had ineffective legal representation.
Pima cuts tuition for those in immigration program
TUCSON ai??i?? Pima Community College is reducing tuition for Pima County residents enrolled in a new federal program for illegal immigrants brought to the United States at a young age.
