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The House voted 42-16 on Monday to forbid the state and local governments from doing business with any firm that refuses to do business with Israel.

So what's the most fun way of celebrating America's independence? “Blowing things up,” according to Gov. Doug Ducey.

Steve Matt, a security guard in the House of Representatives, has some background in security – he joined the Army after high school, and studied law enforcement in college. But his true love, and his chosen profession for most of his life, is acting.

The Board of Executive Clemency and an immigration hawk state representative are asking for the state to pardon a man living in the country illegally after being deported for drug-related crimes.

Traditional veterinary medicine for large food animals in rural Arizona has all but vanished, leaving the state’s livestock industry increasingly vulnerable to disease and even death.

House Speaker David Gowan is asking Attorney General Mark Brnovich to investigate his travel expenses in a bid to clear his name ahead of his congressional race.

State officials say Arizona issued nearly 390,000 specialty license plates in 2015, raising more than $6.5 million for charities and nonprofits.

Vulnerable and elderly adults have been the victims of abuse, neglect and fraud in nearly 14,000 cases in Arizona, with the number of cases reported in 2015 increasing 19 percent over the year before, according to a Cronkite News analysis.

One of the nation's largest contact lens retail companies filed complaints Monday against hundreds of Arizona optometrists for allegedly failing to turn over patients' prescriptions so they can sell them lenses.

The Desert Diamond Casino in Glendale has been the source of controversy for the past couple of years, but after opening in December, it faces another hurdle – obtaining a liquor license.