Arizona's jobless rate held steady at 8.2 percent in May,
triggering federally required changes that will reduce the length of extended
unemployment benefits, officials said Thursday.
Tea party Republican Jesse Kelly on Thursday dropped out of the
race for Gabrielle Giffords' former seat in Congress, two days after losing a
special election to serve out her term.
The state of Arizona asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday
to let the state's requirement that people prove their citizenship in order to
register to vote remain in effect during the current election cycle.
Attorneys made final arguments Wednesday in a hearing
that will determine whether a man accused of killing a Utah sheriff's deputy is
competent to stand trial.
Ron Barber's decisive victory in a special election for the
congressional seat held by his old boss and fellow mass shooting survivor
Gabrielle Giffords is raising questions over whether the Republican he beat will
continue to campaign for the November election.
The U.S. Forest Service has issued special permits for Tombstone to fix sections of its water line system, which was heavily damaged in last year's wildfires.
Arizona high schools have increased their graduation rate by 24 percentage points in the last decade, the biggest increase in the country, according to a national report released Friday.
A Phoenix man arrested on a weapons charge died earlier this
month in one of Maricopa County's jails _ and the circumstances of his death
have been questioned by people close to him.
The state won't immediately implement a budget provision to
spend $50 million from Arizona's share of a foreclosure settlement while the
provision is being challenged in court.
An Arizona man accused of killing a Utah sheriff's
deputy is incompetent to stand trial but eventually could assist his lawyers in
a defense with the right medical treatment, a mental health expert testified
Tuesday.
