U.S House, District 1: Tom O’Halleran cites good jobs, better education as priorities
U.S. Rep Tom O’Halleran said he’ll push for more jobs and quality-of-life issues if voters send him back to Congress, representing District 1.
Judicial nominee defends tribal law record in low-key Senate hearing
WASHINGTON - Federal appeals court nominee Eric Miller tried to dispel concerns about his record on tribal law, telling a Senate committee that his previous work on behalf of clients did not reflect how he would rule as a judge and that tribal sovereignty "pre-exists the Constitution."
Missing in Arizona Day: Searching for loved ones in bones and DNA
PHOENIX -- Families bring medical records, photos, fingerprints and DNA of missing relatives to forensics experts and law-enforcement officials at Missing in Arizona day, an Oct. 28 event on Arizona State University’s west campus. The event is mean to help identify those who disappeared.
U.S. Senate race: Health care is top issue for Sinema
PHOENIX -- Rep. Kyrsten Sinema is the Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. Her Republican opponent is Rep. Martha McSally, and it is expected to be a tight race.
U.S. Senate race: National security is top issue for McSally
PHOENIX -- Rep. Martha McSally is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senate seat being vacated by retiring Republican Sen. Jeff Flake. Her Democratic opponent is Rep. Kyrsten Sinema, and it is expected to be a tight race.
O’Connor diagnosis brings flood of tributes from friends, colleagues
WASHINGTON - A flood of professional and personal tributes poured in from Arizona and across the nation for former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor following her announcement that she was stepping away from public life after receiving a diagnosis of dementia.
Tribal officials, Democrats push back on 9th Circuit judicial nominee
WASHINGTON - The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to proceed this week on a judicial nominee for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes Arizona, despite the objections of both tribal officials and committee Democrats.
Court lets stand death sentence against man in insurance policy killing
WASHINGTON - A federal appeals court let stand its earlier ruling against an Arizona death row inmate who brutally murdered his new wife near Phoenix just before Christmas 1988 - one day after a $400,000 insurance policy on her took effect.
Arpaio mulls Supreme Court appeal of contempt-case special prosecutor
WASHINGTON - Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will likely appeal to the Supreme Court, his attorney said Wednesday, after an appeals court rejected his latest bid to have his contempt of court conviction vacated, after he was pardoned of the crime by President Donald Trump.
Flake, Kyl join razor-thin majority to put Kavanaugh on Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - Arizona Sens. Jeff Flake and Jon Kyl fell in line with other Senate Republicans Saturday to confirm Brett Kavanaugh's nomination to the Supreme Court by the narrowest of margins as protests continued inside and outsde the Capitol and at the court..
Flake ends weeks of wavering, is expected to vote to confirm Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON - After weeks of "lingering doubt," Arizona Sen. Jeff Flake indicated Friday that he expects to join fellow Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl and vote for Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, who is now likely to be confirmed by a one-vote margin Saturday.
Arizona law professors among thousands urging a ‘no’ vote on Kavanaugh
WASHINGTON - More than 2,400 law professors, including at least 22 from Arizona, had signed on to an open letter of opposition to the possible confirmation of Supreme Court Brett Kavanaugh, saying they have concerns about his temperament and partisanship after his combative committee appearance last week.
