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Arizona candidate with ‘survival English’ fights to get on ballot

By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times

Alejandrina Cabrera, a city council candidate in Arizona, is appealing a lower-court decision that barred her from seeking office because a judge determined that her English was too poor, one of her lawyers said Saturday.

Cabrera’s …

Arizona Gov. Brewer sets election dates to fill Giffords’ seat

From FOXNews.com | NewsCore

PHOENIX – Elections dates were set Friday to fill the seat left vacant by the resignation this week of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.).

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer declared that a special primary election will be held on April …

Brewer defends herself, says not being “disrespectful”

ByLeigh Ann Caldwell, CBS News

Republican Arizona Governor Jan Brewer on Thursday defended her tense exchange with President Obama on an airport tarmac, saying she was “very gracious” to the president as he stepped off Air Force One in Phoenix …

Obama has tense exchange with Arizona governor

Caren Bohan, Reuters

MESA, Arizona (Reuters) – A day after his confrontational election-year State of the Union address, President Barack Obama had a tense exchange with Arizona’s Republican governor on Wednesday as she greeted Air Force One in Phoenix.

During their brief …

Sheriff Arpaio announces re-election bid in Arizona

By Jerry Seper-The Washington Times

Most people know him simply as “Sheriff Joe” – the self-proclaimed toughest lawman in the United States. And, apparently, the five-term boss of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office in Phoenix wants another four years.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio …

A year since Gabrielle Giffords shooting Jared Loughner’s fate is still unclear

The Telegraph

University dropout Jared Loughner is charged with murdering six people and wounding 13 others, including Giffords, who was shot through the head and is recovering.

Loughner was found by two medical experts to have schizophrenia, disordered thinking and delusions, and …

Redistricting sets up tussles for many seats in Congress

By Stephen Dinan and Sean Lengell-The Washington Times

The last time California redrew its congressional districts, Republicans and Democrats cut a deal to preserve all the incumbents, essentially erasing the country’s biggest electoral fishing ground from the map in 2002.

But voters weren’t …

Arizona left with no clear path in redistricting map flap

By Josh Lederman -The Hill

Arizona lawmakers scrambled to figure out what comes next for the state’s congressional and legislative maps on Wednesday, the day after the state’s Republican-controlled Senate voted to oust the head of the bipartisan redistricting commission.

Republicans are pushing …

Armed Citizen Militia Shows Up At Occupy Phoenix

Paul Joseph Watson
Infowars.com
October 30, 2011
Armed citizen militia group US Border Guard is making its presence felt at the Occupy Phoenix demonstration to protect free speech rights, arguing that the second amendment prevents the state from abusing the first amendment.
The group …

Arizona Air Force Base Locked Down Amid Standoff

By COLLEEN CURRY, LUIS MARTINEZ and JASON RYAN

The Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Arizona was on lockdown today as officials negotiated with a man believed armed and barricaded inside a building on the base.

The man was barricaded in …

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