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Letter: Food stamp usage has increased exponentially since inception
Detroit car makers: TOO BIG TO FAIL. Major banks: TOO BIG TO FAIL. Food stamps: TOO BIG TO FAIL.
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I heard Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly and others state that President Barack Obama could NEVER be impeached under any circumstance because the American people will not kick a black man out of office. Is America that morally bankrupt? One person said he would not be impeached even if he com…
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Patterson: Alarmists latch on to tragedies like Moore as global warming case weakens
Top StoryWhat do Newtown and Moore have in common? They were both heartbreaking tragedies, of course. But they were also targeted by opportunistic politicians eager to push their left-wing ideological agendas.
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Why is it that when New Orleans was hit by a very strong hurricane, the Democratic party wasted no time demonstrating and condemning the Republican party, the president and all Republicans in congress for not supplying food, shelter and repairing or replacing homes that were completely de…
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Top StoryAre the red states really “red” or more “brown?” The May 1999 storm cost the town of Moore $1 billion in insured losses but unfazed Oklahomans continue to build there, the town’s population grew 34 percent between 2000 and 2011 compared with a state population growth of 9 percent. The 201…
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“There they go again!” Ronald Reagan’s words echoed in my mind as I read Rod Livdahl’s recent letter supporting a raise in the minimum wage.
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Patton: Michele Bachmann one of our best
Top StoryThe prophet Isaiah wrote, “Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!” (Isaiah 5:20, KJV)
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Top StoryThe American Left loudly proclaims it’s compassion for the poor. Any community organizer worth his salt knows that the role of government is to take from “the rich” (who don’t need it anyway, as President Obama insists) and give to the poor.
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I implore Congressman Schweikert to vote in favor of HR 1731, brought to us by the United Egg Producers and the Humane Society of the United States. This bill will create a fairer egg marketplace, subsequently improving the lives of millions of egg-laying hens. It benefits farmers by givi…
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Kerpen: Government can't be trusted with our health
Top StoryThe government can’t be trusted with our health
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Top StoryReader David Rich seems to be in full-flight hysteria as he preaches against eating meat (We can mitigate effects on our planet, May 26). He claims 97 percent of scientists think global warming is “human caused.”
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Top StoryWhat is wrong with America?
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Top StoryA review of 12,000 papers on climate change, in the May 15th issue of “Environmental Research Letters”, found that 97 percent of scientists attribute climate change to human activities. Although we’re unlikely to reverse climate change, we can mitigate its effects by reducing our driving,…
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As Yogi Berra said, “It’s déjà vu all over again.”
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Arpaio’s office suspends immigration efforts after judge’s ruling
Spotlight Top StorySheriff Joe Arpaio, the Arizona law enforcement head who led the way for local police across the country to take up immigration enforcement is reconsidering his crackdowns — and other law enforcement officials who followed his lead are expected to eventually back away, too.
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The purpose of a 501(c) (3) or (4) is to give tax benefits to organizations that are not politicking but doing charity or educational work. Groups that have TEA or Patriot in their names SHOULD receive extra scrutiny. In two-thirds of the cases, they did find indications of significant po…
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The state House conservative Republicans now have had a good taste of what it is like to be on the short end of important legislation. Government works best when the two parties compromise. In this case to get the budget and Medicaid expansion passed as Gov. Brewer, House Democrats and sm…
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Top StoryThis week Arizona’s own Senator John McCain took Apple to task for its elaborate schemes to avoid taxes, including funneling $30 billion through a phantom Irish subsidiary with no employees.
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Judge: Arpaio's office systematically profiles Latinos
Spotlight Top StoryA federal judge on Friday found the department run by the self-professed "toughest sheriff in America'' was guilty of racial profiling and ordered the agency's practices permanently halted.
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Richardson: ‘Selective scrutiny’ over police, fire pension programs a dangerous game
Top Story‘Selective scrutiny’ over police, fire pension programs a dangerous game
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I am writing to discover if any of you will stand with practicing midwives of Arizona and the parents that use their services and oppose onerous restrictions on the practice of midwifery in Arizona.
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Dupuy: Bachmann’s retirement delivers a death blow to the 1850s
Top StoryI attended a tea party event hosted by Congresswoman Michele Bachmann the day before the Republican National Convention in Florida last year. I observed the following: Wearing a tri-corner hat in proximity to the Caribbean makes you look like a pirate.
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Durst: The taxman's tangled tango
Top StoryAs part of the brash rash of wire-brush scouring on the Teflon coating that routinely seals the Obama presidency, a large heavy-duty cast-iron deal has been made of the IRS conducting audits on Tea Party-affiliated organizations. But scratch the surface and it makes a sort of perverse sense.
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Rooftop solar has been taking a beating
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Civil rights groups want meeting with Flake over son’s tweets
Spotlight Top StoryArizona civil rights activists say they want a face-to-face meeting with U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake to discuss his teenage son’s derogatory tweets.
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Top StoryAmerica’s veterans have a stake in the progress of immigration reform that is unique and understated because during our time at war, nobody was asking whether or not the person next to you was a citizen of the United States or not.
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Ting: How banning three useful words undermines immigration reform
Top StoryOn April 2, 2013, the Associated Press announced amendments to its style book, effectively banning the use of the word “illegal” to describe a person as in “an illegal immigrant.” This announcement was followed by similar pronouncements from other news sources, including the New York Time…
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Mesa police actions questioned after video hits web; some commenters claim police brutality, others pleased
Spotlight Top StoryA recent arrest outside of a Mesa convenience store has drawn criticism from people who say Mesa Police Department officers appeared to use excessive force.
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Mackowiak: Scandals combine to form perfect storm
Top StoryWhen it rains, it pours. The combined weight of the three growing Obama administration scandals is weighing down the White House and overwhelming their ability to control the story or advance their agenda.
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At Congressman Matt Salmon’s Town Hall meeting in Gilbert, I asked him why is he and the rest of his colleagues keep trying to repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care)? It has been tried 37 times now to the tune of $55 million of tax payer dollars! He is wasting time and our money usin…
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Turley-Hansen: Plan B One-Step pill leaves parents in the dark
Top StoryIf you care about being part of your children’s lives, especially in their critically important decisions, you best pay attention to continued attacks on parental rights. There’s a frightening trend with products and laws, which usurp parent roles, thus undermining families. It’s clear wh…
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President Barack Obama says he is hunting down terrorists by using the Patriot Act to tap our phones and read our email.
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Top Story“House Republicans have had their ninth hearing on the supposed cover up of the Benghazi attack which resulted in no new information. The only cover up I can see is the fact that the GOP voted last year to cut U.S. Embassy security funding by $300 million dollars but refuse to take person…
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Top StoryThe Gilbert Unified School District governing board is taking action to withdrawal from the Arizona School Board Association.
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Letter: Background checks shouldn’t be tied to political affiliation
“With the right to bear arms comes a great responsibility to use caution and common sense on handgun purchases. And it’s just plain common sense that there be a waiting period to allow local law-enforcement officials to conduct background checks on those who wish to purchase handguns.” Th…
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I would like to address the supposed ban President Obama and Governor Brewer put on Spice, K2 and Bath Salts:
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Top StoryYou can’t pick up the paper or turn on the news without hearing about yet another Arizona police officer being fired or investigated for a crime or violating their department’s rules of conduct.
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Top StoryInvestigators say due to some creative Ireland-based tax gimmicks, Apple has managed to keep $75 billion away from the IRS’s reach just in the years 2009-2012.
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Supreme Court: Arizona can't demand citizen proof for federal voter registration (updated)
Spotlight Top StoryPHOENIX -- Saying federal law trumps state, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona cannot demand proof of citizenship from individuals who use a federal voter registration form.
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Letter: Sinema proving to be inspirational
As Congress on the whole continues to do practically nothing, our own District 9 Congresswoman Kristin Sinema has dramatically proven herself to be an inspirational legislative exception.
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Top StoryRegarding the story, “Mathieu enters NFL drug testing program” from May 26:
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Top StoryWell now, Judge Stephens and County Attorney Bill Montgomery have themselves in political conundrum over the outcome of the Arias sentencing decision,: ”darned if they do and darned if they don’t”.
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Top StoryRecently, my husband David ran onto a letter from his birth father, Lester. The absent father wrote it during his son’s 18th year. When an infant, divorce split my husband’s parents and Lester went his way – never to financially support his little red-headed boy or see him other than a ti…
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Scarp: Maybe Arizona needs a Stupid Hiker Law
Spotlight Top StoryFor several years, Arizona has had a law that, unlike many other laws whose hifalutin-sounding names have nothing to do with what they’re about, has one of the clearest names: the Stupid Motorist Law.
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Judge delays remedies in Arpaio profiling case
Spotlight Top StoryA federal judge who ruled an Arizona sheriff's office racially profiled Latinos delayed instituting remedies Friday to allow parties time to agree on options, but he indicated a court-appointed monitor likely would be assigned to assure the agency is complying with constitutional requirem…
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McClellan: Conflicted over whether or not to trust our government
Top StoryWhy should we trust our government? That’s a question civil libertarians would want us to ponder every day.
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Arias Trial: Jury foreman says life or death decision unfair
Spotlight Top StoryThey were 12 ordinary citizens who didn't oppose the death penalty. But unlike spectators outside the courthouse who followed the case like a daytime soap opera and jumped to demand Jodi Arias' execution, the jurors faced a decision that was wrenching and real, with implications that coul…
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This letter is in response to a letter you published on May 22, 2013 entitled “Government shouldn’t overreach in regulating midwives.” While I can sympathize with a need for support on an issue that will impact their lives, I do not feel it is fair to ask for support without providing all…
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Gandelman: Terrorist attacks: Not just failing to connect the dots
Top StoryThere’s good news and bad news in the twin terrorist outrages of the horrific running over and hacking to death of a British soldier and the Boston Marathon bombings. The good: intelligence agencies had some of these young terrorists on their radar. The bad news: having them on the radar …
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With all the recent hoopla about public employees pensions in Arizona being in trouble financially, and talk of major cuts to many, why aren’t those who were responsible for investing the money being held accountable?
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The Vent: June 16
Top Story“If you moved to Gilbert because of the good schools, then you may become disappointed. New GPS board members want to turn Gilbert into a charter school district. Charter schools are a privatization of public schools that funnel your tax dollars to a small group of insiders. Charter schoo…
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Top Story“It’s good to know that the Queen of the Tea Party, Michele Bachmann, will soon be getting a government pension at taxpayer expense for all the hard work she’s done. Yeah, right.”
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Top StoryTax reform has become an important issue in dealing with the recession and job creation. There is a plan now in committee in the House of Representatives referred to as HR 25 and is fair to all Americans. It is the Fair Tax (not the Flat Tax) and is supported by the best economists in our…
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Top StoryDear U.S. Citizen: Please accept our most egregiously sincere apologies for the difficulties and inconveniences the secret monitoring of your phone records and email and GPS units and foreign travel and bank accounts and yes, even your snail mail has evidently caused.
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House, Senate approve $8.8B Arizona budget, but foes lining up over Medicaid inclusion
Spotlight Top StoryNot waiting for formal gubernatorial approval, foes of her Medicaid expansion already are moving to undo at the ballot box and in court what they could not block at the Legislature.
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Letter: Congressmen need to show some leadership
I found it interesting that a recent letter to the Tribune, “Congress Needs to Close Tax Loopholes” talked nothing about the legislation before Congress that would close the sales tax loophole online retail companies currently use to not pay their fair share. Last year, this issue popped …
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Arizona again ranks near bottom for per-pupil spending
Spotlight Top StoryArizona public schools again had some of the lowest per-pupil spending in the nation in 2011, ahead of only Oklahoma, Idaho and Utah, according to a recent Census Bureau report.
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Spotlight Top StoryA campaign to force a recall election against the polarizing sheriff of metropolitan Phoenix has failed. Recall organizers said Thursday that they couldn’t collect enough voter signatures to bring Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to the ballot again.
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Top Story“Why does it seem you only publish the partisan hateful comments? Are there no sane people out there who just want an honest government that will not lie to them or spy on them and not have to worry about the IRS harassing them just because they want to be left alone to live their lives i…
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Pension funds
Certified First Responder, Social Issues, Labor, Canada, Bill Richardson, Pension Fund, Arizona, Police, East Valley Tribune, Death, Sworn Officer, The East Valley Tribune, Writer, Car Wash, Law, Orphans Fund, Barry Jones, Queen Comments (9)Gilbert school board again votes against discussion of budget override vote
Top StoryThe Gilbert Unified School District governing board again voted Tuesday against discussing a future budget override ballot issue.
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The Vent: June 12
Top Story“Don’t stop Joe. Keep doing your job. Illegal is still illegal.”
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Top Story“Gloat. Gloat. Gloat. Randy Parraz and Lilia Alvarez: I was getting sick of seeing your seedy signature-gatherers lurking around the Mesa Library. We like Joe because he ‘gets ‘er done’ in spite of Obama, the Arizona Republic and the Courts. I just wish he was about 50 years old so we cou…
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Top StoryA popular graphic making the rounds on the Internet shows Boston Marathon bombing terrorist brothers Tamerlan and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev with the caption: "Apparently Not Verizon Customers." It refers to news reports that under a secret court order in April, the National Security Agency was co…
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Regressive thinkers like Paul Ryan and Harvard economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, who just had their invalid austerity facts exposed by three researchers from UMass, are running scared now. So scared, in fact, that they are talking CRAZY.
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Top StoryCalling a woman's rights "unalterably clear,'' a federal appeals court on Tuesday struck down Arizona's nearly year-old ban on abortions at 20 weeks and beyond.
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Richardson: Arias conviction celebrated, but murder trials are a 50-50 proposition
Spotlight Top StoryIt’s official: Jodi Arias is guilty of 1st Degree Murder in the death of Travis Alexander.
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Top StoryState senators gave final approval Wednesday to legislation supporters said enhances religious freedom while foes argue it will give people an ability to use their beliefs as an excuse to discriminate.
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Loop 202: Pecos Road freeway proposal threatens homeowners, businesses, church
Spotlight Top StoryAs development of the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway has inched closer to a reality over the years, the proposed Pecos Alignment of the freeway has been most hotly debated because of the impending destruction to South Mountain itself. But many in Ahwatukee Foothills — on paper a part of …
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Top Story“Someone should advise Mayor Bloomberg of NYC to keep his money out of Arizona politics. The recent ‘negative’ TV campaign against Jeff Flake is being paid for all across the country by Bloomberg. Let him concentrate on his war against 40-ouncers and MacDonald’s. He’d have a fit if he saw…
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Top Story“Through the National Security Agency, the Obama Administration is secretly monitoring Verizon phone calls made in the United States by millions of Americans. An Obama administration official has acknowledged such collection of people’s telephone records is a critical tool to fight terror…
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Kitchen Nightmare? Scottsdale restaurant reopens after bad reality TV experience
Spotlight Top StoryA Scottsdale restaurant planned to reopen Tuesday night after it temporarily shut its doors following an embarrassing reality TV experience.
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Top StoryWhen is a prayer not a prayer?
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Letter: Valley’s mass transit improved, but pedestrian safety forgotten
I have been using the Valley’s mass transit system for several years. Actually, I had to buy a car when I first moved to the Valley fourteen years ago because the mass transit at that time was close to non-existent. I moved from Denver where having a car is great, but not really necessary…
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Top StoryQuick: someone call a chiropractor for California Republican Rep. Darrell Issa. He's overreached so far his arm may separate from his shoulder. Even some key figures in his party are suggesting he needs an adjustment. F-a-s-t.
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Top StoryAmerican journalism has disgraced itself in the matter of the Benghazi terrorist attack.
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Top Story“The son of Sen. Flake illustrates why full-time fathering is important.”
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Top StoryJust an advisory note to all Maricopa County Regional Library User parents: unless you put a parental control on your child’s library card, any child can check out any DVD, even sexually explicit “R-rated” movies. Please monitor your child’s library card and activity for their protection,…
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Arizona legislature pushes election law changes through at last minute
Spotlight Top StoryLegislative Republicans used the final hours of the just-ended legislative session to shove through a series of changes in election laws that could give them advantages in future elections.
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Tyree: Toy gun buyback? Just shoot me
Top StoryAccording to Townhall.com and other sources, Stobridge Elementary School in Hayward, California may be shooting itself in the foot, publicity-wise.
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Reagan: New generations aren’t adequately learning from history
Top StoryHistory is one of our greatest teachers.
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Without immigration, GOP to fail in 2016, says influential Republican senator
Spotlight Top StoryRepublicans are "in a demographic death spiral" and will fail in their effort to win the presidency if the party blocks an immigration overhaul, a leading GOP senator said Sunday.
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Arias Trial: Jurors deadlock, mistrial declared on penalty phase; retrial set
Spotlight Top StoryJurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias’ fate couldn’t decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people.
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Scarp: Substance, not form, at heart of petition rights
Spotlight Top StoryWhen our nation’s founders wrote the language in the First Amendment guaranteeing the right to “petition the government for a redress of grievances,” there were no words describing the form of that petition.
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Letter: Local Komen foundation arm supports Brewer's Medicaid plan
Susan G. Komen Central and Northern Arizona supports Governor Brewer’s Medicaid Restoration Plan.
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Political winds keep anti-medical marijuana measure off November ballot, lawmaker says
Top StoryThe state's more than 38,000 medical marijuana users are in no danger of losing their medication, at least not at the ballot box.
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Tempe-based First Solar raises about $427.7M
Spotlight Top StoryFirst Solar has raised about $427.7 million in net proceeds from a public offering of approximately 9.7 million shares.
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Movie theatre at Arizona Mills in Tempe evacuated over gun threat
Spotlight Top StoryA gun threat forced the evacuation of the theatre at Arizona Mills Mall Tuesday night.
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Top StoryI can’t think of a country that doesn’t have something like Memorial Day. Whether democratic or totalitarian or anything in between, national honors are paid annually to those who have given their lives for their countries.
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Board approves plans to turn newest Higley campuses into charter schools
Top StoryGilbert’s Higley Unified School District will file papers with the state Department of Education to turn its two under-construction middle schools into charter schools this fall after a 4-1 vote by the governing board Thursday night.
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PD: 'Armed' man sought in fatal Mesa gas station shooting
Spotlight Top StoryMesa police are looking for a man considered to be "armed and dangerous" connected to an overnight fatal shooting at a gas station.
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Paperwork filed to let Arizonans vote on allowing same-sex marriage (updated)
Top StoryArizonans may get another chance to decide of whether gays should be able to wed.
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Desert Ridge baseball coach Pat Herrera resigns
Top StoryPat Herrera, who coached Desert Ridge baseball to consecutive state championships in 2009 and 2010, resigned on Thursday, according to athletic director Darrell Stangle.
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IRS scandals threaten funding for federal health care law
Top StoryWASHINGTON — Mounting scandals at the Internal Revenue Service are jeopardizing critical funding for the agency as it gears up to play a big role in President Barack Obama's health care law.
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Effort to legalize marijuana launched in Arizona
Spotlight Top StoryVoters who have seen how medical marijuana works in Arizona may get a chance to extend the ability to use the drug to all other adults.
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East Valley Partnership unveils new name for region: 'Phoenix East Valley'
Spotlight Top StoryAfter considering dozens upon dozens of options, the East Valley Partnership announced its new branding effort for the region it calls home — a move that doesn’t stray too far from its roots, but also incorporates a more widely-known entity.
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Mesa schools put district assessments on 'hiatus' as new standards put in place
Top StoryArizona students will still take the AIMS next year, but at least in Mesa, students will not have to take districtwide tests because the current assessments do not follow new education standards that will be taught in all classrooms.
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Warren: Owners of energy-efficient homes less likely to default on mortgages
Top StoryA new study quantifies for the first time the link between energy-efficient homes and mortgage risks, suggesting owners of Energy Star-certified houses are less likely to default on their home loans than members of a control group.
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'Telephonic bomb threat' forces Southwest plane to land at Phoenix Sky Harbor (w/ video)
Spotlight Top StoryA "telephonic bomb threat" forced a Southwest flight headed towards Austin, Texas to make an emergency landing in Phoenix.
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Arizona conservatives regroup after big legislative loss
Spotlight Top StoryThere was a time when conservative Republicans could get whatever they wanted through the Arizona Legislature.
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