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Fitz Blog: The Pledge of Allegiance is in the news

Rep. Steve Smith, a Republican from Maricopa and sponsor of a bill requiring all students to say the pledge of allegiance, suffered a setback when his head exploded. When an aide informed Smith the pledge was written in 1892 by Francis Bellamy, a prominent socialist, Smith’s head spun, tripl…

Around the State

Enviros plan to sue over gray-wolf policy

Arpaio selling pink underwear with Spanish print

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio began issuing pink underwear to inmates more than 15 years ago to cut down on pilferage.

Judge pay of $2.5M could hit county

Pima County could end up spending another $1.5 million to $2.5 million on Superior Court judges' salaries, and jurors could lose their $12 daily stipend, if the state's judicial branch has to cut another 15 percent from its budget.

College board president gets 30 days for DUI

PHOENIX — The president of the Maricopa Community Colleges' Governing Board has pleaded guilty to drunken driving and will serve 30 days in jail.

Tucson Western Music Festival to celebrate songwriters

The Western Music Association was born in Tucson in the late 1980s, and the city proudly staged a weeklong Western music festival here until the early 2000s.

New law to redraw Pinal lines voided

PHOENIX — A judge has voided a new state law that its sponsor admits was designed to shift control of the Pinal County Board of Supervisors from Democrats to Republicans.

Newspaper owner Donovan Kramer Sr. dies

CASA GRANDE — Donovan Kramer Sr., the longtime publisher of the Casa Grande Dispatch and owner of several weekly community newspapers in Arizona, is dead at age 84.

Arizona voices

Tucson Citizen

Fe de Erratas : Lunas de octubre

Este mes es considerado el de la herencia hispana, particularmente porque es cuando Cristóbal Colón descubre América, y quiero enfatizar que todos los nacidos en este continente somos americanos, I'm american too. Además la percepción de dos continentes que se enseña en las escuelas es segré…

Telling people what not to eat isn't the answer

"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."

Letters to the editor

Be upfront with good economic news

Study suggests host of ways to generate funds for state parks

PHOENIX — The state park system needs an infusion of outside cash, possibly from a surcharge on vehicle license taxes, to keep it from collapsing, according to a new report.

Brewer urges mental health care role for AHCCCS

PHOENIX — Gov. Jan Brewer is proposing to give the responsibility for treating people with mental health issues to the state agency now charged with keeping them physically healthy.

Stiff measures prepared against illegal immigrants

PHOENIX — The leading sponsor of legislation to combat illegal immigration said Wednesday that he is preparing three new measures, with the promise to take the issues directly to voters if colleagues or the governor balk.

Stiff measures prepared against illegal immigrants

Suit seeks time limit on mobile-home gripes

PHOENIX — A spat between tenants of an Apache Junction mobile home park and its owner has blossomed into a broader legal fight over just how quickly residents have to file complaints.