Appeals court says new self-defense law applies retroactively
Ruling on a legal issue at play in cases across the state, an appellate court ruled Sept. 5 that a new law on self defense applied retroactively to pending cases […]
Tucson official wants historic street signs posted
A Tucson City Council member is proposing the installation of street signs to honor street names from past eras. Councilman Steve Leal said he wasn’t trying to change the official […]
McCain shells out big bucks to candidates, receives nationwide support
Sen. John McCain Sen. John McCain, working to cement his position as frontrunner for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, continues to lavish cash on GOP causes around the country through […]
About a Bill: Luxury tax; tobacco stamps
Sen. Dean Martin S1066 aims to snuff out cigarette tax cheaters, assist distributors What it will do: Establish harsher punishment for the evasion of Arizona’s luxury tax on tobacco products […]
Tennessee Guard soldiers see few illegal crossers near Yuma
Tennessee soldiers stationed at the border south of Yuma spend part of their day trying to pass the time reading in the shade of a military camouflage net, drinking liter […]
Capitol Labor Day rally draws 900 immigration reform backers
100 others also show up to protest, shout
Lawmaker: Homeland Security spending lacks oversight
A pair of reports on the state’s Homeland Security department released late last month is indicative of a lack of oversight that potentially puts Arizonans at risk, a Republican lawmaker […]
2 GOP lawmakers want Goddard to explain English learner defense
A pair of House Republicans want Attorney General Terry Goddard to come before a budget oversight committee to explain why the state is paying for an attorney they say is […]
Clean Elections gives Munsil $80,000 to offset poll impact
Less than one week before the primary elections, the Citizens Clean Elections Commission voted to additionally fund Republican candidate for governor Len Munsil, and also to ask that unspent money […]
GOP primary could change Senate landscape
Conservatives, moderates square off in 3 districts
Phoenix group, lawmakers help kids get school clothes, backpacks
Service with a smileSen. Linda Gray, R-10, fits 6-year-old Blanca Collazo into a new backpack at the philanthropy center of the Kindergartners from Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School got new […]