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Arizona House backs public vote on minimum wage
Arizona voters may be asked to consider whether to scrap the state minimum wage's inflation adjustment.
Senate OKs bill requiring unemployment drug tests
The Arizona Senate has approved a measure requiring a drug test for everyone applying for unemployment benefits.
Judge rejects request to reinstate TUSD class
A federal judge has rejected a request to reinstate the Tucson Unified School District's suspended ethnic studies classes.
Latinos suing Arpaio want no immigration officials allowed to testify
Lawyers representing Latinos who accuse Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of racial profiling are asking a federal judge to block Immigration and Customs Enforcement employees from being called to testify by the sheriff's lawyers at a trial.
Maricopa college leader appointed to DHS panel
The chancellor of Maricopa Community Colleges has been appointed to a panel of college presidents and other academic leaders who will advise the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on security, preparedness and academic research.
Arpaio lawyers seek to have citizen letters, complaints kept from lawsuit proceedings
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's lawyers filed motions in federal court Friday to exclude some citizen letters and complaints in a racial profiling lawsuit brought against his office.
Leaders offer recommendations on Arpaio’s office
Latino and black leaders in metro Phoenix released a long list of recommendations Friday for overhauling Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office and asked the U.S. Department of Justice to consider the proposals during negotiations to settle civil rights allegations against Arpaio's office.
Clemency board rejects inmate’s bid for mercy
The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency voted against commuting Robert Towery's death sentence to life in prison. Towery, 47, is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the murder of a Paradise Valley man two decades ago.
Arpaio’s Obama investigator also selling Obama theory book
The lead investigator in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation into President Obama's birth certificate is selling his report as a book.
Kavanagh cans $2,000 college fee bill
Rep. John Kavanagh says he's decided to kill a bill that would have required college students to pay a portion of their school tuition.
Arizona GOP lawmakers want to take control of energy policy from Corp. Comm.
Majority Republicans at the Arizona Legislature are moving to grab control over energy policy from state utility regulators in a move that supporters say would help protect consumers but that critics say puts at risk growth of the state's solar industry.
Plans unveiled for big development near Prescott
A Phoenix developer has unveiled plans for a large resort in Yavapai County by 2014. ABM Development Services President Gregory Arrington says the resort would be built near Poland Junction, between Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt, at an estimated cost of about $80 million.
