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On the verge of collapse
Crippling budget cuts to Arizona State Parks have forced the agency to close parks or seek a temporary patchwork of funding to keep others open. But it's unclear how long that will last. A bipartisan report concluded the entire system is crumbling before our eyes and is on the verge of collapse.
Brewer signs fireworks, transparency bills and 2 dozen more
Gov. Jan Brewer acted on about two dozen bills on May 10, signing most of them into law.
Sides await ruling after Quelland Superior Court appeal
A superior court judge heard arguments this morning in the appeal of a Republican legislator who was ordered to be removed from office last year after it was determined he violated public campaign finance rules.
Kansas lawyer is architect for AZ immigration law, among others
When politicians and police across the country want to crack down on illegal immigration, they often reach out to the same man: a little-known Kansas attorney with an Ivy League education who is the architect behind Arizona's and many of the nation's most controversial immigration laws.
Large share of illegal immigrants entered on visas, not across border
While the term illegal immigration often evokes images of people eluding authorities at the border, a large share of those in the country illegally are people who came on tourist, student and work visas and simply stayed.
Guv signs Sunday morning liquor sales, human-animal hybrid ban, ‘sexting’ and dozens more
Gov. Jan Brewer signed more than two dozen bills on May 6, and she continues to hunker down and evaluate measures that the Legislature sent her.
Guv signs bill on letter grades for schools
Arizona's public schools will get letter grades as the labels used on school achievement profiles under legislation signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer.
Sprint toward sine die
Of the 352 bills approved by lawmakers in the 2010 regular session, nearly 40 percent of them got their final thumbs-up during the two-day sprint toward sine die that saw lawmakers work late into the night in order to wrap up the year’s work.
Five reasons Arizona is picking a fight with the feds
From health care to light bulbs, details on the battleground issues that Arizona's lawmakers want to scrap over.
Arizona fighting the federal government over states’ rights
It's not just about immigration. Arizona Republicans have been itching for a fight with the feds over everything from gun regulations to light bulb manufacturing. By passing laws intended to put new limits on federal authority, the Legislature is likely to get exactly what it wanted - a no-holds-barred brawl over states' rights.
Late-night sine die photos
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Several notable bills failed to pass during final push of session
This year’s legislative session already has been called one of the most significant in state history, but as usual, many measures that grabbed headlines during the past 109 days failed to make the final cut.
