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AG Goddard: $50M available in border security grants
Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard says law enforcement agencies in the four states bordering Mexico can start applying now for parts of $50 million in grants targeting border security.
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.
AZ Senate hopeful defends pitch for troubled firm
Republican U.S. Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth's campaign is defending his role as a pitchman three years ago for a Florida company that consumer advocates have accused of airing misleading ads.
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.
Green Party wary of own guv candidate; Dems concerned too
Larry Gist is running unopposed for the Green Party’s nomination in the governor’s race, except possibly by the party itself. When the Arizona Green Party released its list of endorsements for the 2010 election, Gist was one of three Green candidates who failed to make the cut.
Arizona Libertarians engaged in battle for party purity
Twenty-two Libertarians have qualified for the Aug. 24 primary election ballot, and many are hoping that the anti-incumbent, fiscally conservative sentiment that helped spawn the tea party movement could lead voters to reject the mainstream parties and vote Libertarian instead.
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.
Candidate challenges
Here’s a list of congressional, statewide and legislative candidates — and one justice of the peace candidate — whose petition signatures were challenged. Unresolved challenges are still pending.
Complaints force 5 candidates to drop out
Five candidates withdrew from their races soon after their nominating signatures were challenged.
