Arizona lawmakers approve plan to expand Medicaid

PHOENIX — In an historic move, a group of Republican senators united with Democrats this afternoon to approve the plan by Gov. Jan Brewer to sharply expand the state's Medicaid program.

300 released from Ariz. immigration detention centers

About 300 people have been released from immigration detention centers in Arizona since Thursday, when the federal government started to review each case in anticipation of widespread budget cuts.

Lawsuit in deadly Arivaca home invasion dismissed

A U.S. District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against the FBI by a former Arivaca woman who lost her youngest daughter and husband during a May 2009 home invasion.

New photos of jaguar taken SE of Tucson released by feds

Four photos of a jaguar roaming southeast of Tucson in the northern Santa Rita Mountains and one photo of an ocelot in the Huachuca Mountains were released today by the federal government.

Brewer sued over driver’s license policy for immigrants

PHOENIX — Immigrant rights advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday that seeks to overturn Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s order denying driver’s licenses for young immigrants who have gotten work permits and avoided deportation under a new Obama administration policy.

Supreme Court to review voter ID law in Arizona, other states

PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court agreed this morning to consider how far Arizona — and other states — can go in requiring voters to prove citizenship when registering.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever dies in crash

Longtime Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is dead at 60 after his truck went off the road in Northern Arizona while on a family hunting trip.

Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever dies in crash

Longtime Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is dead at 60 after his truck went off the road in Northern Arizona while on a family hunting trip.

Brewer defends order on illegal immigrants

Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Tuesday the federal government and parents of young illegal immigrants are at fault, as she defended her order denying driver’s licenses and other public benefits to those who get work authorizations under a new Obama administration policy.

Southern Arizona vets to benefit from new $1M grant

Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of homeless veterans in Southern Arizona will get help under a new $1 million grant from the federal government.

Arizonans react to health-care ruling

Arizona voices on Thursday’s U.S. Supreme Court decision:

Arizona angle on health care law

NUMBER OF UNINSURED: 1.21 million state residents not covered, or about 19 percent

Ariz. police agencies lose federal immigration arrest authority

PHOENIX (AP) — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has stripped seven Arizona police agencies of their special powers to make federal immigration arrests.

Woman sues Border Patrol, agent over fatal shooting of son

PHOENIX — The mother of an unarmed 19-year-old Arizona man fatally shot in the back by a U.S. Border Patrol agent has sued the federal government and the agent.

Tucson's El Rio health center to be rebuilt

With a boost from the federal government, the main clinic of Tucson’s largest community health center will be knocked down and rebuilt for $14 million by 2015.

Pearce defends AZ immigration law in D.C. hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rebuffing challenges from a senior U.S. senator, the author of Arizona’s immigration law defended both the legality and the wisdom of his measure.

Groups plan march against Arizona's SB1070

PHOENIX — Immigration rights groups are planning to protest when Arizona’s immigration enforcement law goes before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Fitz: Burritos in the news

A shocking new study shows that eating burritos has been linked to high incidences of “Chicano-ism” among whites. According to Professor Michael Hicks, head of the Hicks Institute of Technology’s Gastro-Ethnic Studies Department, consuming burritos can alter a subject’s genetic makeup. …

AZ business groups root for justices to strike down health-care law

PHOENIX — Businesses and business organizations in Arizona have widely come out in opposition to the health care law argued before the U.S. Supreme Court last week, arguing that its provisions will increase costs.

Arpaio violated civil rights, feds say

The federal government issued a scathing report Thursday that outlines how Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office has committed a wide range of civil rights violations against Latinos, including a pattern of racial profiling and discrimination and carrying out heavy-handed immigration p…