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Jun 29, 2011

Arizona students carry message in support of DREAM Act to Washington

WASHINGTON _ A group of Arizona students went door-to-door asking friends and businesses for funds to help them take a message to Congress: They want to continue their education here in the country they have always known as home.

Jun 28, 2011

Count of Pearce recall signatures tops requirement

Maricopa County officials have completed an initial check of recall petitions targeting Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce. And they have verified there's more than enough valid signatures to force a special election that could oust the Mesa Republican.

Jun 28, 2011

Fiesta Bowl asking 31 Arizona politicians to repay trips, tickets

The Fiesta Bowl is asking 31 Arizona politicians who received free trips or game tickets to repay more than $160,000.

Jun 28, 2011

Hearing set on blocking Medicaid freeze

A court case on whether to block the state from implementing a partial enrollment freeze for the state's Medicaid program will go down to the wire.

Jun 28, 2011

Huge Wallow fire in eastern Arizona now 89 percent contained

The largest wildfire in Arizona history is now 89 percent contained.

Jun 28, 2011

Brewer going to Western governors meeting in Idaho

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer departs her state Tuesday to attend the Western Governors' Association's annual meeting being held in Idaho.

Jun 27, 2011

Former Nogales mayor accepts plea deal

The former mayor of Nogales has accepted a plea deal that will likely send him to prison for at least two years.

Jun 27, 2011

Board denies reprieve for Arizona death-row inmate

Arizona's clemency board on Monday declined to recommend that an inmate's death sentence be delayed or lessened to a term of life in prison after a long, emotional hearing during which lawyers for both sides cried and the 9-year-old victim's family wept.

Jun 27, 2011

Christian Palmer talks about what the matching funds ruling means

Yellow Sheet Report associate editor Christian Palmer talks about the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on matching funds and what it will mean for politics in Arizona.

Jun 27, 2011

Clemency board to consider death-row inmate’s case

Arizona's clemency board is set to decide Monday whether to stop or delay this week's scheduled execution of a death-row inmate convicted in the 1988 molestation and murder of a 9-year-old Yuma girl.

Jun 27, 2011

U.S. Supreme Court strikes down matching funds

Arizona’s system of public campaign financing has been dealt a major, although expected, blow by the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled today that the matching funds provision of the Clean Elections Act is unconstitutional.

Jun 27, 2011

Crews fully contain 1 of 3 major Arizona wildfires

One of three major wildfires burning in Arizona was declared fully contained Sunday, a second was nearly out, and a third was growing only in a rugged area with only a handful of residents.

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