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Arizona Senate Dems plan ‘ethics announcement’
Arizona Senate Democrats have scheduled a Monday news conference to make an announcement regarding Senate ethics.
Ariz. Senate OKs resolution backing Wis. governor
To the irritation of minority Democrats, the Republican-led Arizona Senate is on record as supporting Wisconsin's Republican governor in his fiscal belt-tightening efforts that include restricting collective bargaining for public employees.
Illegal immigrant inmates drops in Maricopa County
The number of inmates suspected of being illegal immigrants in Arizona's most populous county has dropped by nearly 40 percent, despite an increase in deportations across the country over the same two-year time frame.
Arizona test scores prompt scrutiny
Big jumps in test scores among groups of students at 93 Arizona schools should have prompted education officials to question if educators were violating testing rules.
200 students protest Arizona immigration bills
High school students protested proposed legislation on illegal immigration at the state capitol in Phoenix.
Judicial emergency officially extended for 1 year
A court emergency declared for Arizona's federal courts because of a shortage of judges has been formally extended for a full year.
Justice Department to look into anti-gun efforts on U.S.-Mexico border
Attorney General Eric Holder has asked the Justice Department inspector general to take another look at the efforts of U.S. agents who hunt gun traffickers along the U.S. border with Mexico.
Phoenix police chief reassigned pending review
Phoenix police chief Jack Harris has been reassigned pending a city review of kidnapping statistics used to win federal grant money.
Senate passes bill creating tea party license plate
A bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature would give Tea Party supporters their own license plate but without taxpayers-provided startup costs that supporters wanted.
GOP lawmakers push resolution supporting Wisconsin’s governor
Arizona’s budget crisis makes it important for the state to stand behind Wisconsin’s governor in his battle with public employee unions, a lawmaker contends.
Arizona unemployment rate at 9.6 percent in January
The latest Arizona unemployment report puts the state's jobless rate for January at 9.6 percent.
Police: AZ beheading tied to Mexican drug cartel
A police report, citing Border Patrol intelligence, states that Martin Alejandro Cota-Monroy stole 400 pounds of marijuana and some meth from the PEI-Estatales/El Chapo drug trafficking organization, shortly before he was bludgeoned, stabbed and then decapitated in a suburban Phoenix apartment last October — a gruesome killing that police say was meant to send a message that anyone who betrays t[...]
