GOP defections kill bill to change recall elections

PHOENIX - A plan to revamp the state's recall laws for all future elections fell apart Thursday when some Republican senators broke party ranks.

Fitz Blog: Brewer gives Food Network the scoop on scorpions

ARIZONA GOVERNOR STILL CONSUMES A SCORPION A DAY

Fitz Blog: Potty police

If any of you suspect that Arizona is in the toilet this will confirm it.

Legislature Briefs

Clean Elections

Sheriff Arpaio breaks shoulder in fall

PHOENIX (AP) — The self-proclaimed toughest sheriff in America has suffered a broken left shoulder.

Activists want Mexican soccer team to boycott Arizona game

PHOENIX — Immigrant activists want the Mexican national soccer team to boycott their Jan. 30 matchup against Denmark at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale.

Fitz Blog: Brewer states "State of the State"

In her fifth State of the State speech, Gov. Jan Brewer proposed expanding Arizona's Medicaid program, funding 200 more caseworkers for Child Protective Services and spending more money on public education.

Arpaio launches patrols outside schools

PHOENIX — The sheriff for metropolitan Phoenix has launched a plan to have as many as 500 armed volunteers patrol areas just outside schools in an effort to guard against shootings like month’s attack that left 26 people dead at a Connecticut elementary school.

Around the State

Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, left, accepted the Sheriff's Office command flag from outgoing Sheriff Ralph Ogden, center, during a change-of-command ceremony held at the Yuma County Fairgrounds in Yuma on Friday.

Around the State

Longest-serving sheriff in Yuma County to retire

Arpaio aims to put armed posse at schools

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio has announced plans to deploy an armed volunteer posse to protect Phoenix-area students in the wake of the mass shooting at a Connecticut elementary school.

Around the State

Enviros plan to sue over gray-wolf policy

Desde Tucsón: Han creado un monstruo, y les hemos ayudado

Hace unos días, mi novia y yo manejábamos a Los Ángeles cuando, en San Diego, escuchamos en la radio un anuncio en español que casi me hizo desviarme de la carretera.

Fitz Blog:Primary round-up

The Primary is over and the herd has been thinned. It's time for a round-up.

Feds to monitor Arizona elections

PHOENIX — Primary elections in Maricopa County will be monitored by the U.S. Justice Department,

Open primary effort fails to make Arizona ballot

PHOENIX — Backers of a measure to create an open primary system do not have enough valid signatures to qualify for the November ballot, Maricopa County election officials report.

Fitz Blog:Original draft of Brewer's Executive Order

EXECUTIVE ORDER 2012-06

Desde Tucsón: La defensa de los estudios chicanos al estilo americano

En este verano de descontento, aún les quedan esperanzas a los defensores de los Estudios Mexicoamericanos, los cuales fueron prohibidos en el Tucson Unified School District.

David Fitzsimmons: A couple of quizzes, a cat show and a chorus of 'Annie Get Your Gun'

Quiz-time for Tucson

Arpaio expected on stand today in profiling trial

PHOENIX (AP) — An Arizona sheriff known nationally for his hardline stance on illegal immigration is expected to take the witness stand Tuesday and face allegations that his trademark immigration sweeps amounted to racial profiling against Hispanics.