Arizona students must pass US citizenship test on civics
By BOB CHRISTIE Arizona high school students face the nation’s first requirement to pass the U.S. citizenship test on civics before they can graduate after the legislation sailed through the…
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Funding sometimes lags for sex-trafficking victims
By DAVID CRARY As awareness of America’s sex-trafficking industry increases, state after state has enacted new laws to combat it. But while a few have backed those get-tough laws with…
Ariz. sheriff aims to halt Obama immigration order
By PETE YOST A gadfly attorney and an Arizona county sheriff want to halt President Barack Obama’s immigration order in the first courtroom battle over an initiative designed to spare…
GOP to match Truman-era high with 246 House seats
Republicans will hold at least 246 House seats come January, according to election results Saturday, giving the GOP a commanding majority that matches the party’s post-World War II high during…
Police: Priests attacked at Phoenix church, 1 dies
By BRIAN SKOLOFF and EMAUN KASHFI Marsha Livingston, right, comforts a grieving Kristen Williams, both parishioners at Mother of Mercy church, as they stand outside the church on Thursday, June…
1 KILLED, 2 INJURED IN ASPEN, COLO., PLANE CRASH
Emergency crews work near a passenger plane that crashed upon landing at the Aspen-Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Jan. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/The Aspen Times, Leigh Vogel) Colorado…
DEMOCRATS WORK TO RAISE NUMBER OF FEMALE GOVERNORS
By STEVE PEOPLES FILE – In this Sept. 27, 2013, file photo, New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan speaks at an Emily’s List town hall discussion entitled “Madam President” in Manchester,…
CHRISTIE TO CAMPAIGN FOR GOP GOVERNORS NEXT YEAR
By KEN THOMAS New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news briefing for the Republican Governors Association (RGA) 2013 annual conference on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013 in Scottsdale, Ariz.…