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Don Bolles

Dec 29, 2025

Lawmakers consider honoring slain reporter Don Bolles with Capitol memorial

Key points: Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles was killed in a car bombing 50 years ago Rep. Selina Bliss is pushing for a memorial to Bolles to be placed at […]

Feb 7, 2024

Proposal to honor slain newsman advances

The state House voted Tuesday to honor slain Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles the same as the state honors various veterans, pioneer women, the Ten Commandments and Jesuit missionary Father Kino - but not before one legislator took a slap at the current crop of journalists.

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Jun 30, 2023

Mayes says executive order gives her total say over enforcement of laws governing abortion

She won't use the word "decriminalization'' to describe the fact she won't ever prosecute any doctor who performs abortion. But in an extensive interview with Capitol Media Services, Attorney General Kris Mayes acknowledged that a new executive order by Gov. Katie Hobbs gives her -- and her alone -- total say over enforcement of all criminal laws that govern the procedure.

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Jan 25, 2023

House committee authorizes placement of memorial to slain journalist Bolles

State lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday to honoring assassinated reporter Don Bolles in the same way Arizona honors various veterans, pioneer women, the Ten Commandments and Jesuit missionary Father Kino. Without dissent the House Government Committee authorized placement of a memorial to The Arizona Republic investigative reporter in Wesley Bolin Plaza.

Jul 31, 2017

Mark Flatten: Digging deep for decades to let in the sunshine

At the Goldwater Institute, Mark Flatten still works to dig up stories, but has the backing of a libertarian think tank that will take his work and advocate to right the wrongs he reports on.

Jun 13, 2016

Gov. Doug Ducey names day in honor of slain journalist

Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has proclaimed June 13 as "Don Bolles Day" in honor of an Arizona investigative journalist who died 40 years ago.

Jul 21, 2009

Bolles’ killer dies in Tucson prison

The man convicted in the 1976 murder of Arizona Republic investigative reporter Don Bolles died in a Tucson prison medical unit on July 21, according to the Arizona Department of […]

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