A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that an Arizona Department of Transportation affirmative action program was not the reason a non-minority Tempe contractor could not get work with the state.
While adult prescriptions rose 22% between 2002 to 2010, prescriptions written for infants, children and teens fell 7%, according to the Food and Drug Administration. The use of ADHD drugs, among others, however, have increased.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision Monday to strike down three out of four key elements of Arizona's tough immigration law had people on both sides of the issue trumpeting victory Monday.
In the coming days, the fight over Arizona's immigration law
will be reignited by opponents who will seek a court order in a bid to thwart a
U.S. Supreme Court decision that says police can enforce the statute's most
contentious section.
The search of a Phoenix-area landfill for the body of a Glendale
girl missing since October is winding down. And Glendale police say there has
been ``no significant discovery of evidence directly connected'' to the
5-year-old's death.
A federal judge in Phoenix has dismissed the wrongful-arrest
lawsuit of a woman who was a legal observer during a 2010 protest of Arizona's
controversial immigration law.
Hopi lawmakers gave new life Thursday to a congressional plan to settle the tribe's water-rights claims in the Little Colorado River basin, apparently backtracking from a vote last week to reject the plan.
Arizona was one of the best states in the nation when it came to the annual funding of pensions and health care for state retirees in 2010, according to a national report released this week.
A Senate committee Thursday gave preliminary approval to former Pima County Superior Court Judge John S. Leonardo's nomination to be the next U.S. Attorney for Arizona.
