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University of Ariz. plans to welcome new leader
TUCSON ai??i?? The University of Arizona plans to mark its new president's first day on the Tucson campus since being appointed to the post.
Ann Weaver Hart will be welcomed on Monday by faculty and student leaders and a university band.
Panel to weigh pay raise for Arizona legislators
Arizona voters could be asked this fall to raise the annual $24,000 salary of the state's part-time legislators. A state commission on Tuesday will consider putting an increase on the November ballot. Arizona voters last approved a pay increase for legislators in 1998, when the annual salary was $15,000.
Airport train more expensive than projected
A project to build a train that will shuttle passengers between a light rail station and Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport isn't likely to be finished at its original price of $1.2 billion.
House votes to hold Holder in contempt over fast and furious documents
Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday became the first sitting Cabinet member held in contempt of Congress, a rebuke pushed by Republicans seeking to unearth the facts behind a bungled gun-tracking operation and dismissed by most Democrats as a political stunt.
Arizona GOP delegate pulled gun on repo man
KINGMAN ai??i?? An Arizona Republican delegate is facing assault charges after Kingman police said she pointed a gun at a rep man and led authorities on a chase.
State GOP will help Sen. Lewis after backing Pearce in recall election
After throwing its weight behind Russell Pearce in last year’s bitterly contested recall election, the Arizona Republican Party is now prepared to help the man it once accused of being a “plant” by the “ultra-liberal” group that sought Pearce’s ouster from the Legislature.
Former Pima County judge one step closer to becoming U.S. attorney
A Senate committee Thursday gave preliminary approval to former Pima County Superior Court Judge John S. Leonardo’s nomination to be the next U.S. Attorney for Arizona.
Court orders Tempe lawyer to pay Arizona Snowbowl’s court-related fees
A federal appeals court said Thursday that a Tempe-based attorney should be held personally responsible for costs that Arizona Snowbowl incurred to defend itself against “bad faith” suits the lawyer brought against the resort.
Woman pleads guilty in Fast and Furious case
A woman has pleaded guilty to aiding a gun smuggling that was being monitored as part of the government's botched investigation known as Operation Fast and Furious.
In echo of past, Barber takes ‘Congress on Your Corner’ back to Tucson Safeway
Days after being sworn in to replace Gabrielle Giffords, newly elected Rep. Ron Barber, D-Tucson, will hold his first constituent meeting at a venue remarkably similar to one where he, Giffords and others were shot in 2011.
Hopi lawmakers breathe new life into water deal with second vote
Hopi lawmakers gave new life Thursday to a congressional plan to settle the tribe’s water-rights claims in the Little Colorado River basin, apparently backtracking from a vote last week to reject the plan.
Report gives Arizona high marks for retirees’ pension, health funding
Arizona was one of the best states in the nation when it came to the annual funding of pensions and health care for state retirees in 2010, according to a national report released this week.
