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Atwood executed for 1984 murder, kidnapping

[caption id="attachment_254653" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Debbie Carlson, mother of murdered 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, wipes away a tear as she speaks at a news conference after Frank Atwood was put to death by lethal injection at the Arizona state prison Wednesday, June 8, 2022, in Florence, Ariz. Atwood, who was conv[...]

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Clemency board denies death row prisoner’s leniency request

The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency unanimously denied clemency to death row inmate Frank Atwood, who was sentenced to death for the 1984 kidnapping and murder of 8-year-old Vicki Lynne Hoskinson.  Atwood’s execution is scheduled for June 8.   During the clemency hearing at Eyman prison complex in Florence on Tuesday, [...]

death row, Hooper, execution, lethal injection, Brnovich, killings, Phoenix, Maricopa County Superior Court, Marilyn Redmond, William "Pat" Redmond, Helen Phelps, appeal, Florence, DNA, testimony
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Hobbs vetoes record 143 GOP bills

Editor’s note: This story was part of the Session Wrap coverage, which reviewed and analyzed the 2023 legislative session. Gov. Katie Hobbs vetoed a record number of bills this year – all from Republican lawmakers. Over the course of the session, 1,675 bills were introduced and only 205 were signed. Hobbs vetoed 143 bills.[...]

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House expels Harris after report of disorderly behavior

[caption id="attachment_261791" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Rep. Liz Harris, R-Chandler, listens April 11, 2023, on the House floor following the release of the Ethics Committee report saying she violated a House rule. On April 12, 2023, the House voted 46-13 to expel Harris after the House Ethics Committee's report also found H[...]

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States move to keep court from lifting Trump asylum policy

[caption id="attachment_258363" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Silvia Moreno del Castillo, center, of Lima, Peru, holds her daughter Brisa, 3, by the hand, followed by her husband Gerardo Puente, as they are seeking asylum from Peru and are greeted by Derick Alegria, left, and Orlando Andara, both with the nonprofit SAMU First Resp[...]

Trump, border, asylum, Title 42Venezuela, Biden, public health, ACLU, Washington
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The truth about Arizona’s pro-life law and 2 Republicans attacking it

It seems that everyone is talking about abortion. Some are suggesting that a pro-life Arizona law was last thought of in the 1800s and then suddenly reappeared and caught everyone by surprise. But the opposite is true. So let’s consider the facts—including past support for the law by flip-flopping politicians who now seek to dest[...]

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‘Eternally complex problems’: bipartisan advocates talk affordable housing

A bipartisan group of housing reform advocates, from current and former state lawmakers to government leaders, gathered recently to talk about the lack of affordable housing in Arizona and solutions. The event last week was organized by nonpartisan nonprofit Arizona Talks with the aim of facilitating civil dialogue about affordabl[...]

housing, Serviss, Kaiser, Arizona Talks

MICHAEL MURPHY

Michael Murphy has been Communications Director at Valleywise Health since 2008, where he works tirelessly as a champion for the state’s only public teaching hospital and safety net system of care. In 2022, he joined eight burn survivors and medical professionals from the Arizona Burn Center in climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, Afric[...]

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Supreme Court rejects bid to reveal jurors' names to public

[caption id="attachment_260642" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Arizonans are not entitled to know the names of the jurors deciding criminal cases. The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a bid by the publisher of the Cochise County Record that there is a First Amendment right of the public to know not only who is sitting on the panel b[...]

jury, jurors, Supreme Court, David Morgan, criminal cases

California releases its own plan for Colorado River cuts

[caption id="attachment_259999" align="aligncenter" width="620"] The Colorado River passes through Grand Junction, Aug. 24, 2022, in Mesa County, Colo. California released a plan on Jan. 31, 2023, detailing how Arizona and other western states reliant on the Colorado River could save more water, a day after it was the only state that[...]

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Recent snowfalls may slow water level decline at Lake Mead

[caption id="attachment_259946" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Water flows down the Colorado River downriver from Hoover Dam in northwest Arizona, on Aug. 14, 2022, near the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. Hefty snowfalls that fed the Colorado River recently may slow the water level decline of Lake Mead on the Nevada-Arizona bo[...]

Lake Mead, drought, Colorado River, snowmelt runoff,

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