The debate between Democrat Ron Barber, Republican Jesse Kelly and Green Party candidate Charlie Manolakis broadcast Wednesday night might as well have been pre-scripted, in addition to being pretaped. But it would’ve made for a good drinking game.... Read more»
The Tucson City Council took a step toward asking the voters to approve changes to the City Charter on Tuesday.... Read more»1
Attorneys in Arizona fear legal battles over the legality of the state’s new immigration law could overwhelm the court system.... Read more»
Democrats and Republicans are continuing efforts to use the health reform law to their advantage as the American public sorts outs its feelings on the subject.... Read more»
While President Obama returned to the Gulf Coast to track the growing devastation caused by the blown-out BP oil well, BP’s board of directors huddled behind closed doors here Monday to prepare for a showdown with the Obama administration in Washington on Wednesday.... Read more»
As athletic conferences continue to shuffle about, one thing that is going to stay the same is the Big 10 Conference. Er, the Big 12 with ten teams in it.... Read more»
Debates between primary election candidates who are running under the Clean Elections system begin Tuesday, with a Republican gubernatorial debate.... Read more»
A mayors’ group approved resolutions Monday that condemns Arizona’s new immigration law.... Read more»
A soldier from Sierra Vista died in Afghanistan on Friday. Spc. Christian M. Adams, 26, died in Kandahar of wounds from a non-combat incident, the Pentagon said in a news release Monday.... Read more»
Arizona’s law authorizing high-interest payday loans is scheduled to expire on June 30. In anticipation of this date, I have set up “Operation Sunset” to pursue and prosecute payday lenders who attempt to evade the ban on payday loans.... Read more»
Smart v. Stupid: A media narrative has emerged about immigration, something to the tune of “everybody agrees that ‘Washington hasn’t done its job.’” Republicans like the narrative. Immigration-reform advocates like it. Gov. Jan Brewer likes it. The trouble is, it’s just not true.... Read more»
Sen. Russell Pearce, who authored Arizona’s controversial new immigration law, now wants to deny citizenship to so-called “anchor babies.”... Read more»2
A new study says about 2 million of the 12 million cancer survivors in the United States put off medical care because they cannot afford it.... Read more»
Catcher Luis Apodaca had just one hit at the plate in the Toros’ 4-3 loss against the St. George RoadRunners on Sunday night, but his unusual double play will be remembered.... Read more»
In a remote corner of Afghanistan, winning hearts and minds is proving difficult. Taliban and Haqqani Network fighters have set up safe havens and even training camps in the remote valleys of Paktia Province from which they can launch attacks, intimidate villagers and halt badly needed development projects.... Read more»
Is it time to wave bye to Belgium? Not yet, despite the spectacular gains in Sunday’s elections by separatists seeking independence for the country’s Dutch-speaking north.... Read more»
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