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US resumes flying illegal immigrants to Mexico
Immigration authorities are flying illegal immigrants deep into their native Mexico from Southern Arizona to discourage dangerous crossings in triple-digit desert heat.
Bookkeeper embezzled $1M from Tucson museum
The Attorney General’s Office announced a 65-year-old Tucson woman faces up to 12-and-a-half years in prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from her theft of almost $1 million from... […]
Drug-sniffing dogs vs. privacy rights: Court rules 2006 search violated Constitution
Acting on a tip, policemen conducting surveillance on a home in the outskirts of Tucson waited until the right moment to make their move on a suspected drug house. The last of the home's occupants had just left, and a police canine unit soon confirmed it had identified the odor of narcotics seeping from the garage of a home belonging to Jose Salvador Guillen.
Old Pueblo gets new, nonpartisan election law
Beginning in 2010, municipal elections in Tucson will be missing a bit of partisan flair, now that Gov. Jan Brewer has signed legislation that bans the use of party affiliation on ballots in local elections. S1123, authored by Tucson Republican Sen. Jonathan Paton, applies to cities across the state. But in reality the bill affects only Tucson, the sole municipality that identifies candidates f[...]
Tucson voters to decide public safety measure
TUCSON -A�Tucson voters in November will decide where the city should have minimum staffing levels for police and fire protection. The Tucson City Clerk’s Office certified July 8 a proposed... […]
Amid layoffs, TUSD recruited teachers elsewhere
TUCSON - The Tucson Unified School District spent tens of thousands of dollars to recruit teachers from the East Coast and the South at a time when 600 TUSD teachers were receiving pink slips.
Ban on texting, calling while driving gets panel OK
On an issue that Democrats have so far failed to advance, a Republican lawmaker is succeeding — proof that party affiliation is often what gets things moving in the Arizona Legislature.
