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Sanctuary City Proposal Is Racist, Activists Say; Troopers Remove Them
GOP chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee ordered troopers to eject activists who called a proposal to ban sanctuary cities "racist."

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GOP chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee ordered troopers to eject activists who called a proposal to ban sanctuary cities "racist."

Freshman Sen. Krysten Sinema is not only more conservative than her Democrat colleagues, but also Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.
"Project Rocket" gives grants to address academic gaps that exist between minority and white and low- and high-income students.
Ransomware attacks have exposed data of more than 11,000 patients in Arizona and cost health care providers up to $4.2 million, report says.
Civil libertarians say a push by a top Republican lawmaker to rein in online harassment is overly broad and could curb political speech.
Nearly 13 months after a Tempe police officer shot and killed 14-year-old Antonio Arce as he was running away from him, his family and c ...
Tucson Democratic Rep. Domingo DeGrazia, an information privacy expert, says bills protect Arizonans' privacy without burdening business.
Bill would steer Tesla drivers away from a trick to override safety features by criminalizing it, despite concerns from aftermarket.
President Trump gave shout outs to Arizona U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs and Debbie Lesko in a speech after his acquittal on impeachment charges.
Republicans in the statehouse take action to protect Arizonians with pre-existing conditions in the event Obamacare is struck down.
The Republican state representative from Globe is the third lawmaker to be the subject of an ethics complaint in the past three years.
A bill is wending through the Arizona statehouse that would require cities to cover health care costs of firefighters who develop cancer.
The first new law of 2020 will be put to a test by Maricopa County election officials in the March 17 presidential preference election.
One in three cases of missing or murdered indigenous women go unreported to the FBI in Arizona, where the problem is especially acute.
A Yuma Republican's House bill would require parents, guardians or caregivers to provide proof of legal custody
Sexual assault victims would be able to sever the parental rights of their attackers if the assault led to a child under a new proposed bill
It was still dark when a group of three volunteers came across a dirt lot in west Phoenix on Tuesday.
The House Education Committee advanced a proposal to ask voters in November to repeal Arizona’s English-only instruction law.
GoDaddy founder Bob Parsons and has wife are giving $937,000 to pay tuition for undocumented Arizona State University students.
Gun rights activists jeered Gov. Doug Ducey's support for "red flag law," interrupting him at the Arizona Republican Party's annual meeting.