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Jul 16, 2014

Arizona clears citation issued to abortion clinic

A state Health Services Department citation issued to a Planned Parenthood clinic in suburban Phoenix has been cleared after the abortion provider made several small policy changes prompted by a surprise inspection this year.

Jul 16, 2014

From New York to Los Angeles: Kwasman gaffe gets national attention

Republican congressional candidate Adam Kwasman is garnering all the wrong kind of national headlines after telling a TV news reporter yesterday that he saw “fear in (the) faces” of children who he thought were being bused to an immigration holding facility in Oracle.

Disbarred former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas addresses questions about voters' tolerance for a politicians so wrapped in controversy. (Photo by Evan Wyloge/Arizona Capitol Times)
Jul 16, 2014

Disbarred former county attorney to start airing campaign ads for governor

Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will begin airing campaign ads touting his campaign to become Arizona’s next governor in the Phoenix media market on Thursday.

Jul 16, 2014

Navajo Nation to hold tribal energy summit

The Navajo Nation is hugely dependent on coal for revenue. Tribal officials want to get their government talking about how to diversify the portfolio at an energy summit.

Jul 16, 2014

Glendale City Council supports tribe’s casino plan

GLENDALE ai??i?? The Glendale City Council has approved a resolution to support the Tohono O'Odham Nation's proposal to build a casino near the city's sports and entertainment district.

Jul 16, 2014

Too hot for television

Riggs is going on the airwaves in a way few, if any, candidates for governor have ever gone before: topless. In a new statewide ad that will be airing on cable for at least the next ten days, Riggs declares that he is the “clear choice” for governor because he’s tough enough.

Jul 15, 2014

Arizona protesters rally in immigration debate

Protesters waved "Return to Sender" signs, shoved a group of mariachi musicians and waited for a bus of immigrant children that the local sheriff told them would arrive. At one point, they briefly halted a bus before realizing it was carrying children from a YMCA.

Jul 14, 2014

Arizona death row inmate appeals lethal drug ruling

An Arizona inmate scheduled for execution July 23 has appealed a trial-court ruling that keeps him from having information on the lethal drugs that will be used on him.

Jul 14, 2014

Univ. of Phoenix faces gov’t financial aid review

Apollo Education Group said the U.S. Department of Education will review the administration of federal student financial aid programs by its University of Phoenix subsidiary.

Former Sen. Russell Pearce (Photo by Ryan Cook/RJ Cook Photography)
Jul 14, 2014

Recalled Senate President Pearce lands county job

Former Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce has been offered a job with the Maricopa County Treasurer's office.

Jul 14, 2014

New system could save AZ schools millions, funding may pose problem

A new student-data system that could save schools more than $175 million over the next four years is being developed by the Arizona Department of Education, but the project may not see all of its goals become reality.

Jul 14, 2014

Livingston: Give Bundy his day in court until he wins

Livingston had an op-ed published in today’s USA Today in which he blamed the federal government for the “mess” surrounding Cliven Bundy and his cattle, and said the matter ought to be sorted out by the courts.

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