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Ducey to keep troops at border despite Trump’s family separation policy
Gov. Doug Ducey won't withdraw National Guard troops from the border even though he objects to President Trump's policy of separating children from their families.
Lawsuit to kick Kirkpatrick off ballot fails
Ann Kirkpatrick is a resident of Tucson and entitled to run for the open congressional seat being vacated by Martha McSally, a judge ruled this afternoon.
Campbell defends seatmate Stringer over immigration remarks
Embattled Rep. David Stringer has picked up an ally in his defense of his comments about the effects of immigration: his Prescott Republican seatmate.
Kirkpatrick, attorney trade barbs over her residency
Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick acknowledged Monday she was circulating petitions for her congressional bid last year and earlier this year which bore a Tucson address where she did not live at the time.
Ducey re-election campaign gets underway
Gov. Doug Ducey promised Monday to make another attempt to let police and courts take guns away from potentially dangerous people if voters return him to office in November.
ABOR: Out-of-state students can’t sue over ‘dreamers’ tuition
Out of state students who paid full tuition at Arizona universities have no right to sue for refunds even though the schools were charging less to people not here legally, an attorney for the Arizona Board of Regents contends.
Kirkpatrick faces legal challenge to nominating petition
A new lawsuit seeks to disqualify Ann Kirkpatrick from running for Congress from Southern Arizona, charging that she improperly -- and illegally -- mislead people who signed her nominating petition.
Crucial email not protected by marriage privilege, judge rules in bribery case
Jurors will get to see what could prove a critical email that prosecutors say should help prove that Gary Pierce purposely sought to conceal a land deal at the center of a bribery case.
Groups take voter initiative restriction to state Supreme Court
Several organizations are asking the Arizona Supreme Court to void a law they say will make it more difficult for groups like theirs to put initiatives on the ballot.
Public schools to get 280 new buses from lawsuit settlement
More than 280 aging -- and presumably high-polluting -- school buses are going to be replaced, at no cost to Arizona taxpayers.
Court upholds Phoenix anti-discrimination ordinance
The state Court of Appeals has rejected arguments by owners of a Phoenix business that a city ordinance that bars them from refusing to design wedding invitations for same-sex couples violates their constitutional and religious rights.
Group gives update on push to put dark money question on ballot
Republican Vernon Parker said Wednesday he supports an initiative to outlaw "dark money'' in political campaigns because he knows what it's like to be the victim of it.
