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State executes 1st prisoner in 7 years

[caption id="attachment_254352" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Charles Keith stands outside the state prison Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Florence. Inmate Clarence Dixon was executed by lethal injection Wednesday inside the state prison for his murder conviction in the killing of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Deana B[...]

US to hold back Lake Powell water to protect hydropower

[caption id="attachment_254253" align="aligncenter" width="620"] In this July 30, 2021, photo, a houseboat rests in a cove at Lake Powell near Page, Ariz. Federal water officials have announced that they will keep hundreds of billions of gallons of Colorado River water inside Lake Powell instead of letting it flow downstream to south[...]

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Police: Ex-Arizona prisons boss Charles Ryan will face charges after pointing gun at officers

[caption id="attachment_252387" align="aligncenter" width="620"] FILE - This Aug. 19, 2010, file photo shows then-Arizona Corrections Director Charles Ryan at a news conference in Phoenix. Police say Ryan, who retired two years ago, suffered a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his Tempe home and pointed a gun at officers before surrend[...]

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2 justices won’t rule in retention case

Two Supreme Court justices who would be most immediately affected by a proposed ballot measure will not participate in deciding its legal fate. But the other justices who would be affected by the outcome of Proposition 137 – eventually – will not step away from the case. A new scheduling order from the court shows that Just[...]

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Arizona GOP seeks dismissal of court sanctions

After seeing sanctions and attorney's fees exceeding $27,000 across the superior and appellate courts, the Arizona Republican Party argued March 14 a 2020 lawsuit over the use of vote centers versus precincts in hand count audits was not groundless nor brought in bad faith. Though the appeal solely deals with the grant of sanctions,[...]

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No Labels sues Arizona to block opponents from using new political party to run for office

PHOENIX (AP) — The No Labels party on Thursday filed a lawsuit in Arizona seeking to block its ballot line from being used by Democrats who oppose the group's efforts to launch a third-party ticket for president next year. The lawsuit asks a federal judge in Phoenix to block Democratic Secretary of State Adrian Fontes from allow[...]

No Labels, political party, lawsuit, Fontes
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Goldwater Institute files petition seeking to allow all state voters to consider judges' retention

The Goldwater Institute has filed a special action petition seeking to allow all Arizona voters to weigh in on retention for Arizona Court of Appeals judges, not just those in their jurisdiction, and alleges the current residency-based retention system sows voter disenfranchisement and violates the Arizona Constitution.   Led by[...]

trial, first-degree murder, child abuse
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Biden to visit Arizona computer chip site, highlight jobs

[caption id="attachment_258598" align="aligncenter" width="620"] President Joe Biden speaks about manufacturing jobs and the economy at SK Siltron CSS, a computer chip factory in Bay City, Mich., Nov. 29. Biden is traveling to Arizona today to visit the building site for a new computer chip plant in north Phoenix. (AP Photo/Patrick S[...]

Biden, Phoenix, Taiwan Semiconductor, north Phoenix, economy, jobs, election, Hobbs, Ducey
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Republicans cite Biden in campaigns, Dems don’t

[caption id="attachment_256208" align="aligncenter" width="620"] President Joe Biden speaks about student loan debt forgiveness at the White House on Aug. 24 in Washington. Republicans are invoking Biden’s name often this year on the Arizona campaign trail but Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona would not directly say if he wante[...]

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Lawmakers who lost primaries plan next steps

[caption id="attachment_249637" align="aligncenter" width="620"] An old watchtower bell was mounted on the sidewalk in front of the state Capitol in Phoenix in 2021.  (File photo)[/caption] Twenty-two lawmakers lost their races this year for various offices and won’t return to the Capitol for at least two years. Nine House R[...]

Arizona passes policies Congress should mimic

The Biden administration has signaled what they’re looking for in the federal budget proposal for fiscal year 2023. What’s included? Notably, more fiscally irresponsible government spending and ideas to raise or create new taxes. Curiously, the plan hides just how much money taxpayers will be on the hook for with an accountin[...]

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