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Tom Horne: paper’s “false attacks” led to defeat
Sheriff casts critical eye on polygamous community
KINGMAN ai??i?? Mohave County’s sheriff says he’ll cast a critical eye on a polygamous community on the Arizona-Utah line. The Kingman Daily Miner reports that Sheriff Jim McCabe expressed disdain...
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Horne asks judge to disband polygamous enclave’s police force
After twice failing to convince lawmakers to pass a law forcing a polygamous enclave to disband its police force, Attorney General Tom Horne is now taking the request to a...
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AG’s Office says Colorado City patrols will continue after budget line-item veto
The Attorney General’s Office said it will continue funding patrols by Mohave County deputies of the polygamous enclave of Colorado City, despite Gov. Jan Brewer’s decision to line-item veto...
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AG wants $420,000 for county to patrol Colorado City
House passes new plan to deal with corrupt police departments
Bill inspired by Colorado City sets procedure to take over corrupt police departments
A bill spawned by police corruption in a polygamist town received unanimous approval Tuesday in the House Government Committee. And while the bill passed easily and has support of police...
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Colorado City shows bizarre voting trends
Nearly every person in Arizona who voted in the 2012 election cast a ballot for some presidential candidate, whether Mitt Romney, Barack Obama or some other candidate — except in...
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Criminal probe ongoing into Jeffs polygamous sect
[caption id="attachment_55210" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Flora Jessop, front, smiles at her sister Ruby Jessop as Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne looks on at a news conference, Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, in...
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Fight over Colorado City looms once more
Flora Jessop, an escaped former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Colorado City, promised today that change is coming to the small community that...
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Part of lawsuit against polygamous towns dismissed
One-third of a federal civil rights lawsuit against two polygamous towns on the Arizona-Utah border has been dismissed. The U.S. Justice Department opted not to contest a ruling by a...