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Pinal County board delays vote in sheriff's plan
Jan 10, 2013

Pinal County board delays vote in sheriff’s plan

Pinal County supervisors are delaying their vote until next month on the controversial reclassification plan of Sheriff Paul Babeu.

Kirkpatrick taking more open approach on guns
Jan 10, 2013

Kirkpatrick taking more open approach on guns

U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick was a supporter of gun owners' rights when she first served in Congress, but the recently re-elected Flagstaff Democrat is not making blanket statements supporting all such rights since the December school shooting in Connecticut.

Arizona clarifies rule on foster family vaccinations
Jan 10, 2013

Arizona clarifies rule on foster family vaccinations

Arizona officials now say parents seeking to care for foster children don't automatically have to have their own children vaccinated.

Barber: Border report shows Tucson sector busiest
Jan 10, 2013

Barber: Border report shows Tucson sector busiest

A new report shows the U.S. Border Patrol's Tucson sector remains the busiest along the U.S. Mexican border but concludes the agency hasn't set goals to improve security.

Arizona charter schools oppose more state regulation
Jan 10, 2013

Arizona charter schools oppose more state regulation

Arizona charter school officials say they don't want the state to impose more regulations on how the mostly privately operated schools buy goods and services with taxpayer dollars, and the state board says that's OK with it.

Jan 8, 2013

High court rules in Arizona death row case

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on an Arizona case Tuesday and found that death-row prisoners don’t have to be mentally competent while their appeals are pending in federal court.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
Jan 8, 2013

Arizona sheriff aims to put armed posse at schools

An Arizona sheriff has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect Phoenix-area students in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort
Jan 8, 2013

Giffords, Kelly launch gun control lobbying effort

Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband launched a political action committee aimed at curbing gun violence on Tuesday, the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting that killed six people and left her critically injured.

Arizona marks 2 years since Giffords shooting
Jan 8, 2013

Arizona marks 2 years since Giffords shooting

Arizona residents will mark the two-year anniversary of the 2011 shooting of then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Tuesday with bells ringing across Tucson amid a heated national debate over gun control.

Arizona high court to explain ballot measure ruling
Jan 7, 2013

Arizona court says ballot measure complied with rule

The state Supreme Court says parts of a proposal to transform Arizona's primary election system fit together as one proposal and didn't have to be kept off the November ballot.

Jan 7, 2013

Arizona police grapple with law on confiscated guns

Some police agencies in Arizona are stockpiling weapons they used to scrap in response to a new state law designed to prohibit agencies from destroying weapons they confiscate.

Jan 7, 2013

Giffords interview to air on shooting anniversary

A TV interview with former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her husband will air on the second anniversary of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six and wounded Giffords and 12 others.

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