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Arizona advocates win national recognition for work on Proposition 308
An Arizona nonprofit was honored here Tuesday for its push to win in-state tuition for students who were brought to this country illegally as children, a change that organizers said has moved the state from an “epicenter of hate toward immigrants into an epicenter of hope.”
Arizona interstate reopens after deadly crash, leak
The main freeway in southern Arizona reopened in both directions Wednesday evening and officials said people living southeast of downtown Tucson could return home a day after a deadly crash sent acrid plumes into the desert sky and prompted evacuations.
Mexican wolf program making strides after 25 years
On a frigid morning in late January, biologists set out in a helicopter to begin the annual Mexican wolf population count with hopes of finding at least one more wolf than last year. Their painstaking work helps identify the number of wolves in Arizona and New Mexico and is vital to the Mexican Wolf Recovery Program that began 25 years ago when the animals were nearly extinct.
Bitter cold, snow blast Southwest; Arizona highways closed
Bitter cold, rain and snow blew across much of the Southwest U.S. on Tuesday, closing stretches of interstate and state highways in northern Arizona where as much as a foot (30 centimeters) of snow was possible and even colder weather on the way.
Group urges judge to block attempts to stop ‘dark money’ law
The group that convinced voters last year to outlaw "dark money'' is asking a judge to block a bid by two special interest groups to keep the law from taking effect. In new legal filings, attorney Chanele Reyes told Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Scott McCoy there is nothing unconstitutional about ensuring that voters know who is trying to influence elections.
‘Extended closure’ expected after deadly Arizona crash, leak
A key highway through Arizona remains closed outside Tucson this morning, a day after a deadly crash caused a hazardous material leak and forced evacuations nearby.
GOP-supported measure would ask voters to remove more of their law-writing authority
Republican lawmakers on Feb. 14 approved a measure that would ask voters to take away even more of their own power to write their own laws after persuading them last year to significantly limit their power of the initiative.
First lady Jill Biden visits Mesa Community College to talk college, jobs
First lady Jill Biden was met with nothing but praise and happy students Monday morning during her visit to Mesa Community College, where she applauded the city for its successful college scholarship program. Biden stopped in Mesa to vocalize again her support for Mesa College Promise, a public-private partnership commitment from the city of Mesa to all of its residents that eligible high school[...]
Bill would allow chickens in some residential areas
Got chickens? Wish you did? State lawmakers are trying to make sure you have that opportunity -- but only if you live in a single-family detached home -- and one that isn't located in a homeowner association.
Panel kills Prop 400 plan – but resurrection seems likely
After much deliberation, senators could not agree on a half-cent sales tax extension proposal to send to the voters, and killed the version proposed to a transportation committee.
Arizona rancher denies killing Mexican shot dead by border
The lawyer for an Arizona rancher being held on $1 million bond says her client did not shoot and kill the Mexican man whose body was found on his property last month near the U.S.-Mexico border, but earlier that day fired warning shots at smugglers carrying AK-47 rifles and big backpacks on his land.
Phoenix police investigating death of man who was in custody
Phoenix police detectives in conjunction with the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office are investigating an in-custody death.
