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Recent Articles from Whitney Ogden, Cronkite News Service
U.S. Supreme Court to give Arizona death-row case an unusual 13th look
WASHINGTON – When the Supreme Court’s justices sit down Friday to consider which cases to hear, one appeal will be familiar – an Arizona murder case that the justices have taken up the last 12 times they met.
Lawmakers welcome immigration reform progress, see little hope for action
WASHINGTON – Arizona lawmakers said a House leadership road map for immigration reform is welcome progress, but not all believe that means long-stalled reform legislation can pass this year.
Arizona ranked among the worst for residents’ financial security
More than 40 percent of Arizona households are on the brink of “financial devastation,” according to a national report that again ranked the state among the worst in terms of its residents’ financial security.
Nominees to six vacant Arizona judgeships get long-stalled hearings
Months of waiting – and more than two years in one case – were over in less than two hours Tuesday when a Senate committee breezed through nomination hearings for six Arizona judicial nominees.
Census: Arizona population continued steady growth in 2013
Arizona gained more than 230,000 residents in the past three years, again making it one of the faster-growing states in the nation, according to new Census Bureau estimates.
Flake agrees to allow hearing on stalled federal judicial nominees for Arizona
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., has lifted a block on five of six judicial nominees to the federal court in Arizona, where the American Bar Association has said vacancies are “dramatically worse” than in other states.
