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Ryle fund offers $50,000 graduate scholarship
A nonprofit fund established to honor the memory and legacy of the late Monsignor Edward J. Ryle, considered by many the “conscience of the Legislature,” is offering a graduate level scholarship valued at more than $50,000.
Brewer won’t wave off lawmakers on immigration
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is refusing to wave off legislators from taking up the contentious issue of illegal immigration again.
Arizona lawmakers to consider immigration bills
The Arizona Senate plans Thursday to consider an array of illegal immigration bills dealing with citizenship, health care, public services and everyday activities ranging from hiring to driving.
Senate Republicans finally pass budget
In a move that potentially sets the stage for a showdown with Gov. Jan Brewer, the Senate late Wednesday passed a budget proposal that cuts more than what the governor called for in January and rejects many of her accounting maneuvers to erase the fiscal deficit.
Man monitored by hate watchdog to address Senate border security committee
The chairman of a civilian border watch group invited by an Arizona senator to address state lawmakers has been referred to by a watchdog group as a "vitriolic Mexican-basher" who courts white supremacists.
Hospital group rips Brewer’s revised Medicaid plan
The Arizona Hospital and Healthcare Association is criticizing Gov. Jan Brewer's revised plan to cut the state's Medicaid program to help balance the state budget.
Panel to review Phoenix’s kidnapping numbers
An independent panel of outside experts is being put together to review the Phoenix Police Department's disputed kidnapping statistics.
Brewer’s new plan: freeze AHCCCS without the cuts
Gov. Jan Brewer changed tracks on her plans to overhaul the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, announcing a new plan that would freeze enrollment for childless adults but wouldn’t impose the massive cuts she’d long advocated.
Republicans advance immigration bills
A slew of immigration measures, including legislation that supporters say would get the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the issue of American citizenship, survived rigorous questioning on Tuesday, when senators conferred with party-mates to discuss them.
Scaled-back Arizona bill on campus guns advances
The Arizona Senate has given overwhelming approval to a bill that would let people carry guns on streets and adjacent sidewalks at college and university campuses.
Arizona Senate gives initial OK to new immigration bills
Bills given preliminary approval by the Arizona Senate would erect make it more difficult for illegal immigrants to find jobs and get public housing in Arizona.
SPIN METER: Obama steers clear of action on guns
Barack Obama once said it was a "scandal" that then-President George W. Bush didn't force renewal of a federal assault weapons ban. Now it's Obama himself who's steering clear of that and other politically sensitive gun-control measures, even while calling for a new discussion on weapons and "how we can keep America safe for all our people."
