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State capital: Phoenix Entered Union: Feb. 14, 1912 Population: 5,743,834 (2004 estimate) Area 113,635 sq mi. (294,315 sq km) Governor: Janet Napolitano (Democrat) U.S. Representatives: 8 State nicknames: Grand Canyon State |
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Arizona NewsNew wrinkle in sales tax vote<p>Arizona could owe the federal government almost as much money as a proposed sales tax hike would raise if voters reject it.</p> Arizona borrowing to cover jobless benefits<p>The state's jobless fund is broke. Figures as of Monday show less than $25.2 million left in the account the state uses to pay the benefits of those during the first 26 weeks of their unemployment.</p> Ariz. Rep. Jack Brown retiring after 36 years<p>State Rep. Jack Brown is retiring after 36 years in the Legislature. Brown is an 80-year-old Democrat from St.</p> McCain, Kyl refuse to support sales tax hike<p>The state's two U.S. senators said Monday they will not support the temporary tax hike being pushed by Gov.</p> Arizona bishops disapprove of new immigration legislation<p>The Bishops of the Catholic Conference of Arizona released a statement Monday about new legislation that they fear could lead to unreported crime.</p> Infertility Treatments Come Under Fire at the Arizona Legislature<p>Last month, committees in both the Arizona House and Senate heard testimony on bills that would virtually wipe out egg donation as a fertility treatment in Arizona.</p> Foreclosed Arizonans get little time to move<p>Some Arizonans whose homes have gone to auction under foreclosure have been told to move the same day their house is sold.</p> Appliance rebates coming for Arizonans<p>Need a new washing machine? You may be able to save some serious cash if you can limp your old one along for a couple of more weeks - or fill your pocket with quarters for a trip to the coin laundromat.</p> Judge orders bus firm to stop interstate service<p>A federal judge has ordered a bus company involved in a crash that killed six people in Arizona to cease interstate operations, and the company's operator has signed a consent decree prohibiting it from hauling passengers without U.S. Department of Transportation Authority.U.S. District Judge George King of the Central District of California in Los ...</p> Paramedics hail 'hero' boy from Arizona bus crash<p>Oscar Rodriguez, 11, talks to Gila River paramedics in his room at Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix, Saturday, March 6, 2010.</p> Paramedics hail 'hero' boy from Ariz. bus crash<p>An Arizona Department of Public Safety police officer looks through debris as dead bodies, covered in blue tarp, lay at an accident scene on Friday, March 5, 2010, in Sacaton, Ariz.</p> Franks introduces radioactive fallout comp bill<p>U.S. Rep. Trent Franks has introduced legislation that would compensate Mohave County residents exposed to radioactive fallout from nuclear testing during the 1950s and 1960s.</p> IRS: Arizonans Can Apply For '06 Refunds<p>The Internal Revenue Service estimates that 39,900 Arizonans still have time to file 2006 federal income tax return to obtain $33.9 million in potential refunds.</p> Scott Brown campaigns for McCain in Arizona<p>Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown is making his first campaign trip as senator. His visit to Arizona Friday will be a first test of his popularity among Republican activists after he broke with the GOP leadership to side with Democrats in supporting a jobs bill.</p> Closing of Rest Stops Stirs Anger in Arizona<p>The people of Arizona kept their upper lips stiff when officials mortgaged off the state's executive office tower and a "Daily Show" crew rolled into town to chronicle the transaction in mocking tones.</p> Judge sets hearing on motion in Warren Jeffs case<p>An Arizona judge says he's inclined to order the husband of a woman who testified in the 2007 Utah trial of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to submit to a deposition if he refuses an interview.</p> Arizona Senate Kills Texting While Driving Ban<p>The measure failed on an 11-11 preliminary vote. It would have prohibited writing, reading or sending text messages and e-mails while driving on a state highway.</p> Governor urges Arizonans to volunteer<p>Gov. Jan Brewer wants Arizonans to volunteer to provide some of the social services being reduced by the state's budget crisis.</p> AZ may criminalize presence of illegal immigrants<p>Over the past several years, immigration hard-liners at the Arizona Legislature persuaded their colleagues to criminalize the presence of illegal border-crossers in the state and ban soft immigration policies in police agencies - only to be thwarted by vetoes from a Democratic governor.</p> Public to voice concerns about tuition hikes<p>Arizona's three public universities are hoping proposed tuition and fee increases as high as 31 percent will partially make up for cuts in state funding.</p> |
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