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Mar 4, 2013

Maricopa County supervisor resigning over health

Maricopa County Supervisor Max Wilson says he's resigning, effective on March 11.

Mar 4, 2013

Arizona asks Supreme Court to allow execution

Arizona is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the state to execute a 70-year-old death-row inmate for killing a Bisbee man more than three decades ago.

Mar 4, 2013

New regents president eyes changes as opportunity

Eileen Klein, the new president of the Arizona Board of Regents, intends to help the state universities become forces for Arizona's overall improvement during her three-year term.

Feb 28, 2013

Supreme Court rally demands voting-rights protection in states like Arizona

WASHINGTON – Hundreds gathered on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court Wednesday to rally in support of a federal voter-protection law that governs mostly Southern states with a history of discrimination, including Arizona.

Feb 28, 2013

Tucson lawyer tells senators assault-weapons ban is misguided

WASHINGTON – A Tucson lawyer told a Senate committee Wednesday that a proposal to limit the sale of semiautomatic weapons is a misguided response to recent headline-grabbing mass shootings.

Feb 27, 2013

Phoenix adopts LGBT anti-discrimination measure

The Phoenix City Council approved a proposal Tuesday to expand the city's anti-discrimination law to include protections for gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people in city contracts, housing, employment and public accommodations such as restaurants.

Gosar questions explosion suspect's status in US
Feb 26, 2013

Paul Gosar to open Kingman district office

Arizona Congressman Paul Gosar will be in Kingman on Friday for the grand opening of his district office.

Feb 26, 2013

Hualapai Tribe to appeal $28M arbitration ruling

The Hualapai Tribe says it will appeal a ruling that puts its business arm on the hook for $28 million.

Kirkpatrick taking more open approach on guns
Feb 26, 2013

Kirkpatrick seeks US funding for repairing highway

An Arizona congresswoman is asking the federal Department of Transportation to pay for repairing a damaged northern Arizona highway.

Senate President Andy Biggs (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Feb 25, 2013

AZ Senate president: union bills a priority

An effort to limit the ability of unions to collect fees directly from the paychecks of employees is a priority for state and national Republicans, the president of the Arizona Senate said Monday.

Feb 25, 2013

Seel: get rid of upper age limit for Arizona’s militia

A state lawmaker wants to remove the age limit of 45 for serving in the state militia, allowing older Arizonans to volunteer for the force designed to be mustered in emergencies but never used in modern memory.

Feb 25, 2013

Arizona House OK’s expanded R&D tax credits

The Arizona House of Representatives has approved a proposal by Speaker Andy Tobin that increases a tax credit given to businesses that invest in research and development by 200 percent.

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