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UpClose with Rick Romley
They say there's no such thing as a former Marine, and like the infantryman Romley served as during the Vietnam War, he says he has a plan to push forward now that he’s back in his old office.
CCEC believes senate candidate forged $5 forms
At its May 20 meeting, the CCEC decertified LD7 Republican Senate candidate Robert Green and fined him $20,000.
Sheriff Arpaio urges no travel to Mexico after ad
Upset by an ad placed in a Phoenix newspaper, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is calling on Arizonans to avoid traveling to Mexico.
Officials: Arpaio may have misspent up to $50M
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio may be keeping a shadow set of books that has allowed him to pay deputies' salaries with money voters intended to be used for jail operations, county officials said Monday.
Arpaio to get ruling on attendance at meeting
A judge is expected to rule Monday morning on whether Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has to attend a meeting to explain why his office hasn't handed over records that the Board of Supervisors had subpoenaed.
Arpaio warns against revealing details of probes
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has warned a county prosecutor not to reveal details of criminal probes to a bar association investigator examining unethical conduct allegations against her former boss.
Arpaio says Romley sank cases against immigrants
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says that the county's top prosecutor is erecting barriers to enforcing a 5-year-old state law prohibiting immigrant smuggling and thus caused cases against 32 illegal immigrants to collapse.
Romley’s immigration plan differs sharply from Thomas, Arpaio policies
Maricopa County Attorney Rick Romley has taken a clear policy break from his predecessor when it comes to confronting illegal immigration. Romley on May 19 outlined a new plan that will shift the office's resources to focus on prosecuting criminal syndicates and drug cartels instead of undocumented immigrants.
Lawyers want settlement talks in profiling lawsuit
Attorneys who alleged in a lawsuit that Maricopa County Sheriff's deputies racially profiled Latinos in their immigration sweeps have asked a federal judge to appoint a mediator to try to resolve the case.
Early voter stats for Maricopa County
Maricopa County elections officials forecast that 30 percent of the county's 1.8 million registered voters will cast ballots for the sales tax special election. Karen Osborne, county elections director, attributed the high estimate to the large number of registered early voters and the degree of interest in the sales tax referendum. Roughly 700,000 Maricopa County voters receive early ballots in t[...]
Romley’s mission as interim county attorney: End the strife
Rick Romley, who was sworn in as interim Maricopa County attorney on April 16, said his initial focus is on repairing the agency’s relationship with the county’s judicial branch and officers.
Lopsided campaigns await Prop. 100 vote
On one side of the Proposition 100 debate is a broad coalition with a seven-figure budget, organized rallies, signs on virtually every intersection and TV ads running statewide. On the other side is a group of vocal opponents with few resources, less than $100 in the bank and some “NO on 100” buttons.
