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Nov 28, 2011

Judge holds hearing Monday on Arizona voucher case

A judge in Phoenix on Monday hears arguments on a legal challenge to a state school voucher program.

Nov 28, 2011

Feds approve another cut for AZ Medicaid providers

Federal health officials have approved an additional 5 percent cut in the rates Arizona pays hospitals and other health-care providers to treat Medicaid patients.

Nov 28, 2011

Commission returns to work on mapping political districts

The stormy legal battle over the removal – then the reinstatement – of Independent Redistricting Commission Chairwoman Colleen Mathis has dominated the coverage of the group over the past month. But the commission is more than just high drama and analysis of the political fallout.

Nov 22, 2011

Brewer urges Supreme Court to hear SB1070 appeal

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case involving the state's immigration law.

Nov 22, 2011

Fed report links US wildfires to immigrants

A study by Congress' investigative arm has found that investigators linked 30 fires that erupted in a five-year period in a border region of the southwestern state of Arizona to people who crossed into the U.S. illegally.

Nov 22, 2011

Special session over reinstalling redistricting commission chairwoman?

With the Thanksgiving holiday coming up, don’t think lawmakers are content with taking the week off. It appears Gov. Jan Brewer and key lawmakers are planning – or at least strongly considering – a special session as early as this week to deal with the fallout from Thursday’s court decision to re-install the embattled chairwoman of the state’s redistricting commission.

Nov 20, 2011

Debt panel poised to admit failure

A special deficit-reduction supercommittee appears likely to admit failure on Monday, unable or unwilling to compromise on a mix of spending cuts and tax increases required to meet its assignment of saving taxpayers at least $1.2 trillion over the coming decade.

Nov 18, 2011

Fiesta Bowl chief says excesses are over

The new head of the scandal-tainted Fiesta Bowl says excesses at the top-tier bowl game are a thing of the past.

Nov 18, 2011

Brewer, GOP leaders considering redistricting options

Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican legislative leaders are considering another effort to remove the chair of the state redistricting commission, despite the Arizona Supreme Court's ruling that an initial attempt was improper.

Nov 18, 2011

Brewer travels to Washington in push to deploy F-35s to Luke Air Force Base

Gov. Jan Brewer was in Washington Wednesday to urge the secretary of the Air Force to deploy the service’s next-generation F-35 fighter jets toLuke Air Force Base near Glendale.

Nov 17, 2011

AZ court hears challenge to redistricting ouster

A lawyer for the ousted chair of Arizona's redistricting commission says the commission would be a joke as an independent body if Gov. Jan Brewer's removal of Colleen Mathis is allowed to stand.

Nov 17, 2011

Report alleges Arpaio aides ignored misconduct

Records of an investigation into alleged misconduct at the Maricopa County sheriff's office portray an agency where three former top aides to Sheriff Joe Arpaio showed favoritism toward certain employees who were accused of misconduct but weren't adequately disciplined.

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