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Stores have not reported stocking Sonia Sotomayor action figures. But as the first Hispanic and only the third woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, she has become one of America's top role models. Her confirmation also led to lot of political guesswork - namely if the state's Hispanic community will exact a political toll on the two Arizona senators who voted against seating her.

The appeal of an order to remove Rep. Doug Quelland from office has moved more slowly than anticipated, and an administrative law judge has scheduled additional hearings in late September. Judge Robert Shedden originally set aside two days to hear Quelland's appeal of a May decision by the Citizens Clean Elections Commission that called for fining the lawmaker $45,000 and removing him from office.

The Arizona Supreme Court on Aug. 13 delivered a detailed explanation of a decision it reached in June regarding an acrimonious state budget dispute between Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican lawmakers.

Earlier this year, Citizens Clean Elections Commission sided with a Phoenix consultant Larry Davis in a bitter dispute that threatens the political career of District 10 Rep. Doug Quelland.

A struggle that began weeks after the November elections moved into the courtroom on Aug. 6 when Rep. Doug Quelland petitioned an administrative law judge to undo a state agency’s order that could force him from office. Quelland has appealed to the Office of Administrative Hearings in hopes of keeping his seat as a District 10 representative.

The appeal of a May order to remove Rep. Doug Quelland from office started Aug. 6 as attorneys for the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and the Phoenix lawmaker squared off in front of an administrative law judge. Peter Limperis, an attorney hired by the commission, began opening arguments with a stark reminder that Quelland once stood as a strong supporter of Arizona's publicly funded elections.

FLAGSTAFF - A Flagstaff man arrested in connection with threatening phone calls to the mayor and her staff pleaded guilty in Superior Court Aug. 3 to a charge of aggravated harassment.

The Attorney General’s Office announced a 65-year-old Tucson woman faces up to 12-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from her theft of almost $1 million from a southern Arizona museum. According to Attorney General Terry Goddard, ...

The five Democrats and three Republicans in Arizona’s congressional delegation displayed a rare unified front in their request to have five new federal judge positions created to combat border-related crime in the state. The eight representatives signed a letter July ...

Gov. Jan Brewer on July 28 announced the appointment of Tucson appellate court Judge John Pelander to the Arizona Supreme Court. Pelander, a Republican, was one of three final candidates presented to Brewer by the Arizona Commission on Appellate Court ...