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May 24, 2012

Arizona Corporation Commission OKs Rosemont Mine power line

The Arizona Corporation Commission has approved a compromise plan on a 13-mile power line for the proposed copper mine near Tucson.

May 24, 2012

Campbell to Bennett: resign Romney post

The minority leader of the Arizona House has called on Secretary of State Ken Bennett to resign as the Arizona co-chairman of Mitt Romney's campaign after Bennett questioned the validity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate.

May 23, 2012

Judge picked for civil rights suit against Joe Arpaio

A judge has been assigned to preside over the U.S. Justice Department's civil rights lawsuit against the Maricopa County Sheriff Office.

May 23, 2012

Ban on all new billboards in Phoenix may be headed to ballot

A group has filed petitions aimed at banning all new billboards in Phoenix.

May 23, 2012

Ron Barber, Jesse Kelly to debate tonight in fight for Giffords’ seat

The increasingly rancorous race between Democrat Ron Barber and Republican Jesse Kelly for Arizona's vacant 8th Congressional District seat goes before a live audience Wednesday night for the first time.

May 23, 2012

Ken Bennett gets Obama birth records verification from Hawaii

The state of Hawaii has verified President Barack Obama's birth records to Arizona's elections chief after a nearly three-month back and forth that Arizona officials said could have ended without the incumbent's name on its November ballot.

May 23, 2012

Arizona white supremacist bomber gets 40 years

A white supremacist likely will spend the rest of his life behind bars after a federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison Tuesday for a 2004 bombing that wounded a black city official in suburban Phoenix.

May 22, 2012

Drug demand reduction a key issue in border security

The fight against border drug trafficking must address reducing demand, federal and Arizona law enforcement officials told a congressional panel in Phoenix.

May 22, 2012

Joe Arpaio sent deputy to Hawaii on Obama birth certificate record trip

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio sent one of his deputies to Hawaii to accompany an official in his volunteer posse that is investigating President Barack Obama's birth certificate, despite earlier saying no taxpayer money was being spent on the probe.

May 22, 2012

Republican challenge to legislative map drops request for interim 2012 plan

Lawyers for Arizona Republicans challenging the state's new legislative district map are dropping their effort to have a federal court draw an interim set of districts for use in this year's elections.

May 22, 2012

Phoenix Diocese supports birth control lawsuits

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix says it welcomes lawsuits filed by other Catholic dioceses and various Catholic organizations to challenge a federal mandate for health plan coverage for birth control.

May 22, 2012

Arizona white supremacist to be sentenced in bombing

A white supremacist is set to be sentenced Tuesday in a 2004 bombing that injured a black city official in suburban Phoenix.

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