Justices appear OK with SB1070 provision to allow police to check immigration status
The Supreme Court appears ready to allow Arizona to enforce a state law provision that requires police officers to check the immigration status of people they think are in the country illegally.
Arizona takes national stage with hearings on immigration law
Arizona will be in the national spotlight this week as SB1070 takes two of the nation’s most prominent stages.
Feds respond to criticism about Arpaio allegations
Federal authorities who accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of civil rights allegations say the county's top prosecutor can find facts to back up the allegations in the sheriff's own records.
Feds respond to criticism about Arpaio allegations
Federal authorities who accused Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of civil rights allegations say the county's top prosecutor can find facts to back up the allegations in the sheriff's own records.
Horne uses accuser’s words against him
Using his accuser’s own words against him, Attorney General Tom Horne emphatically denied allegations that he illegally collaborated with an independent expenditure campaign in 2010 and labeled the prosecutor’s actions as a tactic aimed at preserving his job.
In a press conference today, Horne quoted several comments made by Don Dybus, originally reported in the Arizona Capitol Ti[...]
Group gathers signatures in support of Arpaio
A group says it has collected nearly 100,000 online petitions signatures from across the country to demand that federal authorities prove their allegations that Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations.
Arizona redistricting commission OKs legislative, congressional maps
Arizona's redistricting commission members divided along party lines Tuesday as they approved maps of new congressional and legislative districts by identical 3-2 votes.
Arpaio’s cooperation pledge with feds includes conditions, legal threat
After initially resisting a federal civil-rights investigation, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is now asking the feds for a little cooperation or he’s ready to go to court.
Horne sues feds to end Voting Rights Act preclearance
Attorney General Tom Horne filed a federal lawsuit aimed at overturning a provision in the Voting Rights Act requiring Arizona and several other states to get all election changes approved by the U.S. Department of Justice before they can be implemented.
Tucson schools settle discrimination lawsuit
The Department of Justice has settled an employment discrimination case against the Tucson Unified School District.
Justice Department to monitor municipal elections
The U.S. Justice Department says it will send workers to monitor Maricopa County's upcoming municipal elections.
DOJ denies border shootout claim
The U.S. Justice Department denied a claim made to lawmakers that two guns sold in purchases sanctioned by federal firearms agents were later used in a shootout that left a Border Patrol agent dead near the Arizona-Mexico border.