Arizona News
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Homes evacuated as wildfire flares near Denver
Thursday, Jun 20, 1:07 am
EVERGREEN, Colo. (AP) - Dozens of homes were evacuated near Denver as a wind-driven wildfire flared, one of many in the western states where hot and windy conditions were making it easy for the... Read more...
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Senators closing in on border security compromise
Thursday, Jun 20, 12:23 am
WASHINGTON (AP) - White House-backed immigration legislation is gaining momentum in the Senate, where key lawmakers say they are closing in on a bipartisan compromise to spend tens of billions... Read more...
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Wildfire burning 5 miles east of Tusayan
Wednesday, Jun 19, 8:42 pm
TUSAYAN, Ariz. — Authorities say there's a new wildfire burning in northern Arizona and smoke is visible from Grand Canyon National Park and surrounding areas. The so-called Halfway fire is burning... Read more...
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Bill banning OHV enforcement on fed lands signed
Wednesday, Jun 19, 6:34 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has signed off on a mini-sagebrush rebellion by signing a bill barring state and local law enforcement officers from enforcing off-highway vehicle laws on closed federal... Read more...
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Bill allowing new Coconino College taxes vetoed
Wednesday, Jun 19, 6:33 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has flexed her fiscal conservative muscles by vetoing a bill that would have allowed Coconino Community College to seek voter approval to permanently increase its primary... Read more...
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Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes religious property tax bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:48 pm
PHOENIX -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed a bill that would have expanded property tax exemptions for religious organizations, while also signing another bill that blocks unemployment benefits... Read more...
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoes adoption bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:47 pm
PHOENIX -- Republican Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have allowed foster children to be adopted while their birth parents were still fighting to keep them. The veto came after... Read more...
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Minuteman group co-founder charged with child molestation
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:26 pm
PHOENIX -- The leader of an Arizona militia group was arrested Thursday on suspicion of molesting three young girls. According to police documents, Christopher Allen Simcox, 52, was charged after... Read more...
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Gov. Jan Brewer signs health cost transparency bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 5:00 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has signed a bill requiring hospitals and doctors to post the prices of their most common procedures and changing the way the state's Medicaid program determines what to... Read more...
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Gov. Jan Brewer signs elected officials' pension bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:58 pm
PHOENIX -- A bill replacing pensions for new judges and other elected officials with a 401(k)-style retirement plan has been signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer. The elimination of the Elected... Read more...
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Man who opened fire at construction site may be charged with hate crime
Wednesday, Jun 19, 4:56 pm
PHOENIX -- A man opened fire at a construction site in Florence, Ariz., and investigators said it could have been a hate crime. "Danny Davis went to this site because it was a site where minorities... Read more...
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Hundreds displaced by Doce Fire near Prescott
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:29 pm
PRESCOTT, Ariz. -- Firefighters largely kept control of a blaze burning in Arizona's Prescott National Forest and spared any homes from destruction but were preparing for what should be another windy,... Read more...
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Brewer vetoes 1 unemployment bill, cites cost
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:26 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer has vetoed one of several bills changing how the state's unemployment insurance systems works. Brewer rejected SB1369 on Wednesday, saying it would cost the state unemployment... Read more...
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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signs election overhaul bill
Wednesday, Jun 19, 3:25 pm
PHOENIX -- Gov. Jan Brewer signed a sweeping election bill Wednesday that will overhaul the early voting process in Arizona and make it more difficult for third-party candidates to get on the ballot. ... Read more...
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Phoenix serial shooter Dale Hausner dies in prison
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:56 pm
PHOENIX -- Dale Hausner, one of the two men convicted in a string of serial shootings, died Wednesday in prison. Hausner, 40, was found unresponsive in his cell about noon. He was taken to a local... Read more...
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Man killed at Mesa construction site identified
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:51 pm
PHOENIX -- A worker who was killed Wednesday morning at a Mesa, Ariz., construction site has been identified. Steven Ariston, 43, was killed when a support structure of a bridge under construction... Read more...
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$500K bond set for suspect in fatal I-17 crash
Wednesday, Jun 19, 2:28 pm
PHOENIX -- A Gilbert man accused of manslaughter in a fatal freeway crash has had his bond set at $500,000. Maricopa County prosecutors say 27-year-old Carl William Day also is being held on... Read more...
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