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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes adoption bill
Republican Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed foster children to be adopted while their birth parents were still fighting to keep them.
Brewer vetoes religious property tax bill
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have expanded property tax exemptions for religious organizations, while also signing another bill that blocks unemployment benefits for church workers.
New law could revive Horne campaign finance case
A bill signed into law by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer could help revive a campaign finance case against Attorney General Tom Horne.
Tucson expands same-sex couples law
TUCSON ai??i?? Tucson city councilors have voted to give same-sex couples broader legal recognition in signing contracts.
Report: Pinal County dept. like ‘Animal House’
FLORENCE ai??i?? Three Pinal County employees have been placed on leave after a report detailed that the county's public works department was out of control and employees' behavior resembled "Animal House."
Arizona congressmen want more flexible voter law
Arizona lawmakers at the state and federal level are working on separate efforts that would make it harder to vote in what Democrats are calling an attack on low-income and Latino voters.
Appeal planned on Ariz. immigrant license policy
Immigrant rights advocates plan to appeal a court ruling that declined to halt Gov. Jan Brewer's order denying driver's licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under an Obama administration policy.
Tucson names Texas educator as new superintendent
TUCSON ai??i?? The Tucson Unified School District has selected a new next superintendent. The district's governing board voted 4-1 Tuesday to appoint Heliodoro Torres Sanchez to lead Tucson schools after John Pedicone announced his resignation in March.
Appeals Court rules Prop. 100 as constitutional
An appeals court ruled 2-1 today that Arizona will be able to continue holding illegal immigrants charged with certain serious felonies without bail.
Bizarro world
The Dems, in their turn, acknowledged the pressure that their Republican colleagues faced. Landrum Taylor thanked the Republicans for supporting expansion, despite the “extraordinary pressures” that members of their own party exerted, as well as her Democratic colleagues who reached across the aisle, and the governor for her leadership. “Her leadership in crafting and passing this historic l[...]
US House passes bill to fix decades-old property-line snafu in Coconino County
WASHINGTON – The House voted overwhelmingly Monday to approve a bill to fix a federal surveying error that had put homes of some residents of the Mountainaire subdivision partly in the Coconino National Forest.
Rosemont Mine’s water permit upheld
TUCSON ai??i?? Opponents have failed to prove that a proposed new open pit mine near Tucson would harm groundwater supplies, an administrative judge recently ruled.
