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Leaders offer recommendations on Arpaio’s office
Latino and black leaders in metro Phoenix released a long list of recommendations Friday for overhauling Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office and asked the U.S. Department of Justice to consider the proposals during negotiations to settle civil rights allegations against Arpaio's office.
Clemency board rejects inmate’s bid for mercy
The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency voted against commuting Robert Towery's death sentence to life in prison. Towery, 47, is scheduled to be executed Thursday for the murder of a Paradise Valley man two decades ago.
Arizona lawmakers target Planned Parenthood funding
Abortion providers in Arizona would be barred from receiving federal government funding through the state for family planning services under a bill that received preliminary approval from the state House on Friday.
Arpaio’s Obama investigator also selling Obama theory book
The lead investigator in Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's investigation into President Obama's birth certificate is selling his report as a book.
Plans unveiled for big development near Prescott
A Phoenix developer has unveiled plans for a large resort in Yavapai County by 2014. ABM Development Services President Gregory Arrington says the resort would be built near Poland Junction, between Mayer and Dewey-Humboldt, at an estimated cost of about $80 million.
Excess money needs to go to ‘rainy day fund’
Just like the Republicans in the state Legislature led us out of our recent state fiscal crisis, the Republican-led Legislature is proposing a responsible budget once again.
McCain: Limbaugh outburst ‘totally unacceptable’
Former Republican presidential candidate John McCain says it's "totally unacceptable" for Rush Limbaugh to call a law student a "slut" in the political furor over requiring that women get birth control coverage free of charge.
Senate Oks measure eliminating independent redistricting panel
Arizona Senators have advanced a proposal to allow voters to decide whether to return redistricting power to the Legislature.
Senate approves guns in public buildings bill
The Arizona Senate has approved a bill allowing a person to carry a gun into a public building or event unless law enforcement or armed security is present.
Bus driver’s union warns of possible strike Friday
Getting from here to there by bus Friday in the Phoenix-area may be difficult.
Arizona schools ask for waiver from some federal No Child Left Behind mandates
Arizona officials have asked to replace federal standards under the No Child Left Behind act with state-level student performance standards and a school accountability system that they say will be more efficient and less burdensome.
Arpaio unveils Obama birth probe
America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff finds himself entangled these days in his own thorny legal troubles: a federal grand jury probe over alleged abuse of power, Justice Department accusations of racial profiling and revelations that his department didn't adequately investigate hundreds of Arizona sex-crime cases.
