Arizona will comply with only some of White House’s voter data request
WASHINGTON - Arizona will comply with only some of a request from the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity for personal information on the state's 3.6 million registered voters, Secretary of State Michele Reagan said Friday.
Arizona Regents: DREAMers to keep in-state tuition for now
PHOENIX – The Arizona Board of Regents decided Thursday to keep offering in-state tuition to Arizona DREAMers until courts ultimately decide whether offering a tuition break to undocumented students is legal.
House passes bills aimed at crimes committed by illegal immigrants
WASHINGTON - The House passed immigration bills Thursday that Republicans promised would take criminal immigrants "off the street," but Democrats said would do little for public safety while having a "chilling effect" on immigrant communities.
Cardinals visit Phoenix VA to acknowledge vets who ‘hardly get recognition’
PHOENIX — For a group of players accustomed to the spotlight, it was time to recognize a community that rarely experiences it.
Hiring freeze lifted, Phoenix police seek diverse recruits
PHOENIX – It’s early morning as five Phoenix police recruits prepare to spend their day doing pushups and situps on an asphalt parking lot, clamber over a six-foot wall and hit the rubber track girdling the training grounds for a 1.5 mile run.
Dust storm detector will alert drivers to freeway hazards
PHOENIX – State safety and transportation officials are developing a detection system to warn motorists if dangerous dust storms are in the area.
Navajo OK plan to begin shutdown of Navajo Generating Station
WASHINGTON - The lights will stay on at the Navajo Generating Station until 2019 as the Navajo Nation Council voted 18-4, after hours of debate Monday, for a new agreement with the plant's operators.
CBP: Border wall will mix walls, tech, patrols and ‘natural barriers’
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's promised wall along the Mexican border will be more like a "border wall system" of walls, fencing, technology, law enforcement, patrol roads - and 130 miles with nothing but "natural barriers," a border official said Tuesday.
Arizona organizations urge Senate to say no to new healthcare bill
PHOENIX – Arizona leaders of an array of organizations, ranging from AARP to Planned Parenthood, joined a chorus opposed to a Senate health care plan to replace the Affordable Care Act.
CBO: Senate bill cuts deficit deeply, also cuts 22 million from health care
WASHINGTON - The Congressional Budget Office said Monday that Senate Republicans' plan to replace Obamacare would reduce the federal budget deficit faster than a House-passed health care bill, but would cost 22 million people their health coverage.
Wrangling begins in contempt trial of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio
PHOENIX – Prosecutors painted former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as a law enforcement leader who disregarded a federal judge’s orders to halt racial profiling of Latino motorists and passengers, while Arpaio's attorneys said he followed the law "as the law exists" during opening statements in his federal criminal contempt trial.
Protesters urge ‘no’ vote on GOP health care bill, as details emerge
Angry protesters rallied outside Sen. Jeff Flake's Phoenix office Friday, demanding that he vote against a Republican health care bill that new analyses claim could hit Arizona particularly hard.
