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Report: Agency should abandon plans to buy new drones
The Homeland Security Department's border drones program costs far more than the government estimates, helps in the arrests of just a fraction of the number of people trying to cross the border illegally and flies far fewer hours than the government claims, an internal watchdog asserted in a report released Tuesday.
Tucson police to stop some immigration checks
Tucson police said Wednesday they will no longer fully enforce the state's landmark immigration law that requires local police to check the immigration status of people they encounter while enforcing other laws.
Rooftop solar industry, consumer watchdog offer deal to APS
The group representing Arizona’s rooftop solar industry has agreed with the state’s utility consumer advocacy office to offer a scaled-back and more stringently regulated plan for Arizona Public Service to get into the rooftop solar business.
Conservation groups sue feds over cactus ferruginous pygmy owl
Two environmental groups filed a lawsuit Tuesday aimed at forcing the federal government to protect Arizona’s diminishing cactus ferruginous pygmy owl population under the Endangered Species Act.
CD2 voters challenge recount procedures
A collection of Pima and Cochise County voters sued Arizona’s top election official on Monday, claiming that the secretary of state’s planned method for conducting a recount in Congressional District 2 was in violation of state law.
State health agency sets up disaster recovery site
State officials are setting up a site in Tucson to serve as a disaster recovery location for the Department of Health Services.
Barber narrows gap with McSally in CD2 nailbiter
U.S. Rep. Ron Barber is clawing his way back in Arizona’s 2nd Congressional District, trailing Republican Martha McSally by just a few hundred votes in his bid for re-election.
Attorney general challenges city election ruling
The Attorney General’s Office is asking the Arizona Supreme Court to review a lower court’s opinion invalidating a 2012 law that requires city elections to be held in even-numbered years.
Tobin, Kirkpatrick square off in second CD1 debate
Republican Andy Tobin and Democratic Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick found common ground during a 1st Congressional District debate on protecting the A-10 military jet the Air Force wants to mothball and agreed that Social Security benefits must be protected.
Giffords to begin 9-state tour on women, guns
Former U.S. Rep. Gabby Giffords will begin a nine-state tour in Maine, where she will advocate for tougher gun laws that she says will help protect women and families.
Surgeon who helped save Giffords’ life challenges Republican Orr in Tucson’s LD9
In their quest to oust Republican Rep. Ethan Orr from one of the two House seats in the Democratic-leaning Legislative District 9, Tucson Democrats found their dream candidate in Randall Friese, a man with a bio that’s hard to criticize.
Mining Man & Mayor
Abraham Hyman Emanuel was an Easterner who made his fortune in the gold and silver mines and mining towns of the American West.
