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Arpaio ordered to appear at hearing on records
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday ordered Sheriff Joe Arpaio to attend a hearing this month to explain why his office hasn't handed over records that the board had subpoenaed in an attempt to see whether he has misused taxpayer money.
Gov. Brewer signs bill on rights for siting churches
Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law a bill that restricts local governments' ability to impose land-use restrictions where churches are located.
Clean Elections made S1070 possible?
Washington Post columnist Ruth Marcus this week claimed Clean Elections is a partial culprit behind S1070. Marcus claimed that public financing, the result of a push from "good government types" on the left, "worked too well" at freeing candidates from the extremist-screening of the business community.
Romley promises plan to confront immigration
Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley is developing a new plan for confronting illegal immigration and plans to release details of his approach in the coming weeks.
McCain stop in Ohio draws immigration protest
Dozens of people opposed to Arizona's tough immigration law have protested an Ohio appearance by Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Film tax credits, ‘jobs bill,’ texting-while-driving ban among 900 bills that failed this year
Lawmakers carved out a new path for Arizona on everything from immigration enforcement to health care, making this year’s session one of the most significant in state history.
Sprint toward sine die
Of the 352 bills approved by lawmakers in the 2010 regular session, nearly 40 percent of them got their final thumbs-up during the two-day sprint toward sine die that saw lawmakers work late into the night in order to wrap up the year’s work.
Sharpton, mayor to participate in Arizona protest
The Rev. Al Sharpton, Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon and Hispanic leaders will lead a Wednesday evening march to the State Capitol in a protest against Arizona's new law targeting illegal immigration.
New immigration law’s implementation getting legal review
Arizona's new immigration law is no longer in the hands of the Legislature or the governor. Now it's up to local law enforcement agencies and the police training organizations to figure out how to apply it without violating the law themselves.
Capitol Quotes: April 30, 2010
"What would you think if a state started arresting people and convicting them of a state crime of evading federal income tax?" — ASU law professor Paul Bender, on arguments that S1070 violates the supremacy clause in the U.S. Constitution and usurps federal authority over immigration law.
Last-minute changes to S1070 broaden enforcement power
While supporters of Arizona’s immigration law have said repeatedly that it will allow police officers to check the immigration status of people during the enforcement of other crimes, the law actually gives police much broader enforcement power, according to legal experts and representatives of the law enforcement community.
Mills may be losing momentum
Revelations that Mills had defrauded business partner in Florida and conflicting messages from his campaign that muddied his position on Arizona’s employer sanctions law have set the stage for attacks against him in the Republican gubernatorial primary.
