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Judge holds hearing Monday on Arizona voucher case
A judge in Phoenix on Monday hears arguments on a legal challenge to a state school voucher program.
Feds approve another cut for AZ Medicaid providers
Federal health officials have approved an additional 5 percent cut in the rates Arizona pays hospitals and other health-care providers to treat Medicaid patients.
Brewer urges Supreme Court to hear SB1070 appeal
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case involving the state's immigration law.
Fed report links US wildfires to immigrants
A study by Congress' investigative arm has found that investigators linked 30 fires that erupted in a five-year period in a border region of the southwestern state of Arizona to people who crossed into the U.S. illegally.
Debt panel poised to admit failure
A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.
IRC prepares to resume meetings
With its chairwoman back in place, the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission will resume meeting next week and hopes to finish its work before Christmas.
Fiesta Bowl chief says excesses are over
The new head of the scandal-tainted Fiesta Bowl says excesses at the top-tier bowl game are a thing of the past.
Report alleges Arpaio aides ignored misconduct
Records of an investigation into alleged misconduct at the Maricopa County sheriff's office portray an agency where three former top aides to Sheriff Joe Arpaio showed favoritism toward certain employees who were accused of misconduct but weren't adequately disciplined.
Maricopa County approves Arpaio’s $456K bus for inmates
Maricopa County officials on Wednesday approved Sheriff Joe Arpaio's 2008 purchase of a $456,000 inmate-transport bus that sat unused for more than two years because it wasn't put out for competitive bidding.
Arizona withdraws from Western Climate Initiative
Arizona is formally withdrawing from the Western Climate Initiative, a regional collaboration to establish a cap-and-trade program to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
Judge hears arguments in AZ redistricting case
Attorneys leading an investigation into whether Arizona's redistricting commission violated open meeting law in hiring a mapping consultant withdrew one of their top claims as a judge heard arguments Wednesday over whether to end or revitalize the civil probe.
Ex-Fiesta Bowl COO indicted by federal grand jury
The former chief operating officer of the Fiesta Bowl has been indicted on charges of filing false income tax returns for the bowl game, the first charges against a former official of one of the top national college football bowls and Bowl Championship Series member since a scathing report led to the firing of its president in March.
