grant woods
Posted Oct 26, 2021, 5:42 am
Ulysse Bex
/Cronkite News
Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods was remembered Monday as an “incredibly active public servant” whose sudden death over the weekend had the potential to deal “a pretty big blow” to moderates in the state. ... Read more»
Posted Oct 25, 2021, 3:47 pm
Blake Morlock
/TucsonSentinel.com
Where have they gone, those honest Republicans, and just how the hell did we get Paul Gosar? The death of Grant Woods, a former Arizona AG and longtime political player, has me wanting to quote Paul Simon and wistfully ask about Joe DiMaggio.... Read more»
Posted Oct 23, 2021, 5:29 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Grant Woods, a longtime aide of Sen. John McCain who was Arizona's attorney general for nearly a decade, died Saturday at 67. Woods notably broke from the Republican Party over his scorn for Donald Trump, and his name was floated as a Democratic candidate for the Senate.... Read more»
Posted Jan 21, 2021, 11:36 pm
Sarah Oven
/Cronkite News
In one of his last acts as president, Donald Trump on Wednesday pardoned two Arizonans, including former Rep. Rick Renzi who was convicted in 2013 of extortion, racketeering and other charges while representing the 1st District in Congress.... Read more»
Posted Nov 10, 2020, 11:08 am
Olivia Munson
/Cronkite News
The Trump campaign added Arizona this weekend to the list of states where it has gone to court to challenge the ballot count, charging that Maricopa County rejected ballots that should have been given a second review.... Read more»
Posted Sep 8, 2019, 3:59 pm
Megan Boyanton
/Cronkite News
President Donald Trump’s road to renomination could get easier through Arizona, with the state Republican Party looking to join three other states and drop its presidential primary next year.... Read more»
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Updated Feb 13, 2019, 8:06 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Ending months of behind-the-scenes prep, Mark Kelly — former Navy pilot, astronaut and husband of ex-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords — publicly announced his Senate campaign Tuesday.... Read more»
Posted Oct 24, 2018, 4:11 pm
Daniel Perle
/Cronkite News
A flood of professional and personal tributes poured in Tuesday 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.... Read more»
Posted Jul 9, 2015, 2:54 pm
Nihal Krishan
/Cronkite News
As governor, Attorney General Mark Brnovich would declare every day Grateful Dead Day and take down SkyNet, the self-aware computer network that menaces mankind in the “Terminator” movies. Those were some of the fanciful exchanges when he found himself acting governor this week, in the absence of Gov. Ducey and Secretary of State Reagan.... Read more»
Posted Sep 18, 2013, 5:49 pm
Kay Miller Temple
/Cronkite News Service
Groups supporting same-sex marriage launched a campaign Tuesday aiming to help the public see why marriage matters to gays and lesbians.... Read more»
Posted May 1, 2012, 5:46 am
Dustin Volz
/Cronkite News Service
Many states feud with the federal government. But Arizona has become something of a poster child of late.... Read more»
Posted Apr 24, 2012, 8:44 am
Center for American Progress
The words of experts — from legal scholars to advocates to elected officials — illustrate the devastating effects that SB 1070 and laws similar to it have had on the United States.... Read more»
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Posted Mar 30, 2012, 10:06 am
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
Tucson-area law enforcement officials added to the pile of briefs filed with the Supreme Court this week opposing Arizona's SB 1070. Villaseñor and Dupnik joined ex-state Attorneys General Woods and Goddard, along with Grijalva and dozens of others in asking the court to strike down the law.... Read more»