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Arizona audit examines state schools for deaf, blind
State auditors say Arizona's schools for deaf and blind students should take steps to strengthen students' academic success. A performance audit for the Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind should ensure that students receive services early in their lives and increase students' access to highly qualified teachers.
Pima County Superior Court judge abruptly resigns
TUCSON ai??i?? A Pima County Superior Court judge has abruptly resigned from the bench and court officials had to scramble to re-assign his cases. The Arizona Daily Star reports Judge pro tem Jose H. Robles tendered his resignation Friday. It was effective immediately.
Arizona parks director Martyn set for misdemeanor trial
A magistrate is scheduled to try Arizona Parks Director Bryan Martyn on Oct. 18 on a misdemeanor disorderly conduct charge stemming from a March 10 shoving dispute at a park.
Judge denies bid to block part of SB 1070
One of the latest attempts by a civil rights coalition to bar police from enforcing the most contentious part of Arizona's immigration law has failed.
Arizona AG files lawsuit against drug wholesaler
Arizona is suing the nation's largest drug wholesaler, claiming the company violated state consumer protection laws by artificially inflating the prices of hundreds of brand-name prescription drugs.
Arizona to release August unemployment report
State Department of Administration economists on Thursday will release a monthly report on Arizona's unemployment rate.
GOP to pick replacement for Larry Dever at meeting
Republicans in Cochise County are meeting to pick a replacement to replace sheriff Larry Dever on the November ballot.
Slain agent’s family responds to report on Fast and Furious
Family members of a Border Patrol agent killed in a firefight with bandits near the Mexico border say they're pleased that Justice Department's internal watchdog documented the failures of the agency in its botched smuggling investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
Fast and Furious report faults Justice Department
The Justice Department's internal watchdog on Wednesday faulted the agency for misguided strategies, errors in judgment and management failures during a bungled gun-trafficking probe in Arizona that disregarded public safety and resulted in hundreds of weapons turning up at crime scenes in the U.S. and Mexico.
Larry Dever, Cochise County sheriff, dies at 60
Larry Dever, the four-term Republican sheriff of Cochise County, has died in a one-vehicle crash near the northern Arizona town of Williams. He was 60.
Arizona immigration law spurs education campaign
A day after the most contentious provision of Arizona's immigration law took effect, rallies were planned around Phoenix to protest the law that civil rights activists contend will lead to systematic racial profiling.
Officials downplay computer error that hid records
State and county officials generally downplayed the significance of a computer glitch at Arizona's child-welfare agency that kept some public records hidden from parents and their lawyers for more than 15 years.
