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This May 17, 2011, file photo, shows Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer speaking to the media in Phoenix. Brewer has overhauled Arizona's five-member board that often is the last chance for Arizona's death-row inmates to seek mercy from being executed, raising questions over possible political motives and how effective a largely new board can be in upcoming hearings. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona governor vetoes bill that Utah's Herbert signed

Last updated Tuesday, May 15, 2012 - 9:28am

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed legislation Monday that would have had the state join Utah in demanding that the federal government surrender control of millions of acres of public land.

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Arizona House rejects bill to abolish police force in polygamist town

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 2:24pm

PHOENIX -- A sharply divided Arizona House has rejected a bill to allow Mohave County officials to abolish the police department in a northern Arizona community with a polygamist enclave.

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Arizona may join Utah in demanding public lands

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 4:39pm

PHOENIX -- Arizona may join Utah in demanding that the federal government surrender control of millions of acres of public land to the state.

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Arizona bill targets police in polygamist enclave

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - 6:10pm

PHOENIX — A bill advancing in the Arizona Legislature would abolish the police department in Colorado City, a northern Arizona community where state Attorney General Tom Horne says officers who are followers of polygamist leader Warren Jeffs flout the law.

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Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer points at President Barack Obama after he arrived at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012, in Mesa, Ariz. Brewer greeted Obama and what she got was a book critique. Of her book. The two leaders engaged in an intense conversation at the base of Air Force One’s steps. Both could be seen smiling, but speaking at the same time. Asked moments later what the conversation was about, Brewer, a Republican, said: "He was a little disturbed about my book." Brewer recently published a book, "Scorpions for Breakfast," something of a memoir that describes her years growing up and defends her signing of Arizona’s controversial law cracking down on illegal immigrants, which Obama opposes. Brewer also handed Obama an envelope with a handwritten invitation for Obama to return to Arizona to meet her for lunch and to join her for a visit to the border. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Obama and Ariz. governor have testy exchange on tarmac

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 6:21pm

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer says she meant no disrespect when she pointed a finger at President Barack Obama during an intense discussion on an airport tarmac. But the Republican governor says the Democratic president showed disrespect for her by abruptly ending their conversation.

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FILE - In an Aug. 19, 2010 file photo, Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan explains the changes the department is making and circumstances that lead to an escape at a state prison in Kingman, Ariz., of three inmates on July 30, at a news conference, in Phoenix. The company that operates the Kingman prison is among four firms that the state Department of Corrections is proposing be awarded new prison bed contracts. Utah-based Management and Training Corp. operates the state prison in Kingman, which state officials have said was plagued with security flaws that allow the escape last July. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Arizona eyes more private prison contracts

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, July 11, 2011 - 5:16pm

PHOENIX -- A Utah company that operates an Arizona prison where three violent offenders escaped last year is among four firms that the Arizona Department of Corrections is proposing be awarded new prison bed contracts.

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Arizona lawmakers preparing citizenship legislation

Amanda Lee Myers, Paul Davenport, The Associated Press ahowell

Last updated Tuesday, October 19, 2010 - 1:42pm

PHOENIX -- Lawmakers in at least 14 states are collaborating on proposed legislation to deny U.S. citizenship to children of illegal immigrants, according to lawmakers, including the sponsor of Arizona's 2010 law targeting illegal immigration.

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Prison chief says state didn't detect prison flaws

Felicia Fonseca, Paul Davenport, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 12:42pm

PHOENIX -- The Arizona Department of Corrections says a privately operated state prison in Kingman was plagued by security problems prior to the escape of three inmates, including two convicted of murder.

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Judge hears arguments on Arizona immigration law

Jacques Billeaud, Paul Davenport, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 11:32am

PHOENIX -- A federal judge will hear arguments Thursday from lawyers for the governor, the federal government and civil rights groups over whether Arizona's new immigration law should take effect in a week.

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Arizona governor claims most illegal immigrants smuggling drugs

Paul Davenport, The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, June 25, 2010 - 1:41pm

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday most illegal immigrants entering Arizona are being used to transport drugs across the border.

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(DAMIAN DOVARGANES/The Associated Press) Day laborers, faith, immigrant and civil rights advocates gather to make posters, T-shirts and banners for use in Saturday's planned immigration rally at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) headquarters on Thursday in Los Angeles. Banner reads in Spanish: "We're All Arizona."

Lawsuits target AZ law amid calls for boycotts

Jonathan J. Cooper, Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, April 30, 2010 - 1:46pm

PHOENIX -- Backlash against a new Arizona law cracking down on illegal immigration is broadening from the political arena as opponents file lawsuits, entertainers and other countries denounce the measure and protesters chant for a boycott of the state at an Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game in Chicago.

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(CHERYL EVANS/The Associated Press) People react to the situation at the state Capitol in Phoenix on Friday after some protesters threw water bottles into the crowd and took to the streets after learning Gov. Jan Brewer signed immigration bill SB1070 into law.

2 lawsuits challenge new Arizona immigration law

Jonathan J. Cooper, Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, April 29, 2010 - 1:21pm

PHOENIX -- An Arizona police officer and a Latino group filed the first legal challenges of Arizona's sweeping new law cracking down on illegal immigration Thursday.

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50 officers gave chase in Phoenix officer killing

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, January 29, 2010 - 7:45pm

GILBERT, Ariz. -- With a police lieutenant mortally wounded and his alleged assailants fleeing in a work truck, more than 50 law officers sped after them in a wild midnight pursuit from the Phoenix suburbs into the nearby mountains.

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