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Leaving Arizona
Ruiz and Suriano and their families plan to move this month. Arias and her family are considering leaving, but are waiting to see if the law will go into effect as scheduled July 29, and, if so, how it will be enforced.
New filing for referendum on Arizona immigration law
A new referendum drive is under way to put Arizona's new immigration law on hold pending a public vote in November.
Mexico asks court to reject Arizona immigration law
Mexico on Tuesday asked a federal court in Arizona to declare the state's new immigration law unconstitutional, arguing that the country's own interests and its citizens' rights are at stake.
Arizona groups want to get 50,000 new Latino voters
Immigrant-rights groups say they're launching what they call a massive effort to register and turn out Latino voters because of a new Arizona law targeting illegal immigrants.
Maricopa County supervisors adopt $2 billion budget
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has adopted what it describes as a "steady-as-you-go," $2.26 billion budget for the spending year that begins July 1.
GOP candidates for attorney general to face off
The two Republican candidates for Arizona attorney general will face off Tuesday in a debate held by the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission.
Educators accuse state of short changing K-12
Education advocates say Arizona is failing to fully fund its K-12 system for the coming budget year in violation of the state Constitution.
Agency wants later deadline for producing e-mails
A lawyer defending the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office in a lawsuit over its immigration patrols has asked a judge to extend a deadline for handing over a huge volume of e-mails from the police agency.
Capitol Quotes: June 18, 2010
‘We have did the biggest cuts in the history of the state.’ — Gov. Jan Brewer, during the June 15 televised debate between among GOP gubernatorial candidates.
S1070 legal defense fund reaches $48,000
The Governor's Office has collected more than $48,000 in the past six weeks to help defend the nation's toughest immigration law and hopes to collect more with the launch of a new website designed to streamline the collection of more donations.
GOP hiding facts about immigration law
Gov. Jan Brewer and her Republican friends have been running around Arizona dismissing concerns about Arizona’s new immigration law, S1070.
Russell Pearce has gone too far
I am saddened and outraged by Russell Pearce’s latest efforts to legislate bigotry and discrimination into Arizona law. As first reported in the Arizona Capitol Times, Sen. Pearce is now attempting to deny citizenship to American-born children if their parents are illegal immigrants, and to deny public education to undocumented children by requiring them to pay tuition or be forced out of sch[...]
