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[caption id="attachment_43129" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Phoenix resident Jay Baker and his 4-year-old son Henry Baker protest bills aimed at weakening public sector unions on the Capitol lawn Feb. 9. (Photo by...
House bill makes mental health detentions easier
Few bills surface aimed at violence related to mental illness
In the aftermath of the Sandy Hook massacre, the call to address problems with the mental-health system and keep guns from mentally ill people has been as persistent as the...
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Phoenix police step up patrols at Sikh temples
Phoenix police are stepping up patrols around the city’s three Sikh temples in the wake of a deadly shooting at a Wisconsin temple. Police spokesman James Holmes tells the Arizona...
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Arpaio critics to hold rally outside Tent City
[caption id="attachment_45951" align="alignleft" width="575" caption="Maria Leyba, of Phoenix, protests against Arizona's illegal immigration law, SB1070, Wednesday, April 25, 2012, in Phoenix. Supreme Court justices strongly suggested Wednesday that they are...
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Biggs, father of demoted ex-cop, seeks to allow disciplined officers day in court
Bill would allow police to sue people who injure them on the job
Prosecutors highlight some witnesses’ party affiliations in Bundgaard trial
[caption id="attachment_41864" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Victoria Babbitt, one of the passersby on the evening of Sen. Scott Bundgaard's domestic violence incident, was asked to identify herself as a non-affiliated voter. (Photo...
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Witnesses paint portrait of Bundgaard as the aggressor
[caption id="attachment_41848" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sen. Scott Bundgaard watches video of testimony from Richard Maiocco, a Phoenix police officer who drove by Bundgaard and his then-girlfriend fighting while off duty, who...
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More than two dozen witnesses, including Sen. Reagan and Ballard, to testify in Bundgaard’s trial
The lawyer who is investigating whether Sen. Scott Bundgaard breached ethical rules over a roadside scuffle with his ex-girlfriend plans to call the woman to the witness stand. Aubry Ballard,...
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A few ‘bad actors’ cost all police officers, firefighters and teachers big time
State government in Arizona in the past three years has made massive cuts to education, given away our money to big corporations, chose to do nothing about foreclosures and hasn’t...
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Attacked and amended, Adams’ pension bill moves forward
An amended pension-reform bill, sponsored by Arizona Speaker of the House Kirk Adams, barely survived a stormy House committee hearing on Thursday. Twenty-one people testified about the bill, and all...
