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Sep 19, 2013

Phoenix beats new law’s deadline, destroys guns

Phoenix police officers worked overtime to check nearly 2,000 weapons from a gun-surrender program so they could be destroyed before a new state law required the firearms to instead be sold.

Sep 19, 2013

Huppenthal: Arizona should rename Common Core

Arizona's top education official says the state should stick with implementing the Common Core academic standards but rename them and act independently of other states that helped develop them.

Sep 18, 2013

Clean Elections appeals campaign finance ruling

The Citizens Clean Elections Commission is asking the Arizona Court of Appeals to overturn a Maricopa County judge’s ruling that allowed new campaign contribution limits to go into effect.

Sep 18, 2013

Arizona House speaker eyes run for Congress

Republicans are lining up to take on Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona's sprawling 1st Congressional District, but the wild card is House Speaker Andy Tobin.

Sep 18, 2013

US House bill aims to stop casino in Glendale area

The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that would stop the Tohono O'odham Nation from building a casino in the Glendale area.

Young Arizona immigrants fight for a piece of the American dream
Sep 17, 2013

ADOT extends Dreamers driver’s license ban to other immigrants

The Arizona Department of Transportation formally banned driver’s licenses for all illegal immigrants who received deferred action from the federal government, potentially heading off a federal court ruling against a similar policy for children who were brought to the country illegally.

Sep 17, 2013

After brutal summer heat, border-crosser deaths up this year over 2012

Following brutal summer heat, deaths of border crossers in Pima County so far this year are up from 2012, the chief medical examiner said.

Sep 17, 2013

Lawmakers hear Tobin plan to pay fire survivors

House Speaker Andy Tobin is urging a legislative committee to quickly come up with a plan to pay full survivor and other benefits to the 13 part-time firefighters who were among 19 killed in the Yarnell Hill wildfire.

Sep 16, 2013

Deregulation supporters regrouping after surprise from regulators

The Arizona Corporation Commission’s sudden decision to stop exploring electric deregulation left proponents stunned and pondering their next moves.

Sep 16, 2013

Think tank: Arizona’s education funding cuts third-deepest in nation

Only Oklahoma and Alabama made deeper percentage cuts to K-12 education funding than Arizona during the economic downturn, according to a Washington-based think tank.

Sep 16, 2013

Three Arizona-run power plants make the list of nation’s 50 dirtiest

Arizona utilities operated three of the 50 dirtiest power plants in the country in 2011, according to a new report by an environmental advocacy group.

Sep 13, 2013

Judicial selection law found unconstitutional

A law passed by the Arizona Legislature this year was so obviously unconstitutional that the Arizona Supreme Court skipped oral arguments in a lawsuit against it and struck down the law.

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