East Valley Tribune - State News http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/state East Valley Tribune - State News © Copyright East Valley Tribune 2009. All rights reserved. en-us http://backend.userland.com/rss Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:07:55 -0700 http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ web@evtrib.com East Valley Tribune http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/images/evtlogo_rss.gif http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/ 88 33 East Valley Tribune <![CDATA[Goddard files to explore run for governor]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146772 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:42:50 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146772 Attorney General Terry Goddard took the first steps Friday toward making a third bid to become governor.

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]]> <![CDATA[Panel: Tax car registration to fund state parks]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146812 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:31:50 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146812 Arizona motorists should pay an extra $14 or $15 a year in registration fees to keep the state parks system operating, a special task force is recommending.

]]> <![CDATA[Cities to sue over parts of state budget]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146811 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:20:22 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146811 The organization that represents cities around the state voted Friday to sue to overturn some provisions in the state budget approved by lawmakers.

]]> <![CDATA[3,237 tax refund checks waiting for Arizonans]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146804 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:58:11 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146804 With national unemployment topping 10 percent, a lot of Arizonans could use some extra cash, and the Internal Revenue Service might just be the ticket.

]]> <![CDATA[Unemployment recipients targeted]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146810 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:53:39 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146810 The Arizona Department of Economic Security is warning unemployment insurance recipients of a fraudulent scheme that could allow thieves to obtain their weekly benefits.

]]> <![CDATA[No sign of arson at jailed Iraqi father's home]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146760 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:18:59 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146760 Glendale fire crews are investigating an early morning garage fire at the home of an Iraqi immigrant accused of running down his daughter in what authorities call an 'honor killing,' but there's no indication the fire was intentionally set.

]]> <![CDATA[Arizona Guard says its soldiers OK at Fort Hood]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146724 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:53:17 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146724 The Arizona National Guard says all soldiers with an 86-member Arizona unit at Fort Hood, Texas, are accounted for and unharmed.

]]> <![CDATA[Cargo plane lands in Show Low after bird strike]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146712 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:00:48 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146712 A cargo plane managed to land safely Wednesday after a bird or birds slammed into the plane's windshield.

]]> <![CDATA[Arpaio stumps in Calif. sheriff's race]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146710 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:46:21 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146710 ANAHEIM, Calif.— The self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America" has been invited to stump for a challenger's bid to be Orange County's next sheriff.

]]> <![CDATA[Brewer announces she's running for governor]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146703 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:18:53 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146703 Saying she’s the person to guide the state out of its financial troubles, incumbent Gov. Jan Brewer formally declared her candidacy for a full term of her own.

]]> <![CDATA[Dad accused in honor killing on suicide watch]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146702 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:53:38 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146702 A court hearing in Phoenix for an Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized was delayed Thursday because he is on suicide watch in jail.

]]> <![CDATA[Police: Stolen luggage piled from floor to ceiling]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146701 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:40:55 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146701 Phoenix police say their top priority is finding the owners of hundreds of pieces of stolen luggage.

]]> <![CDATA[Victims, relatives to witness sniper execution]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146699 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:23:10 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146699 For those wounded by the D.C. snipers and for the relatives of those killed, the emotions leading up to the execution of the mastermind behind the 2002 attacks vary as widely as those who found themselves in the cross hairs.

]]> <![CDATA[Medical helicopter crashes on Indian land]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146693 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:47:49 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146693 SAN CARLOS -- A medical helicopter has crashed on Arizona's San Carlos Indian reservation during a training flight and both people aboard were seriously injured, authorities said. There was no patient on the flight.

]]> <![CDATA[Neo-Nazis to march against illegal immigration]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146692 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:47:02 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146692 The leader of a group of neo-Nazis has announced a planned march for this weekend at the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix.

]]> <![CDATA[State plans to further cut education]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146682 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:57:05 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146682 State lawmakers will meet later this month to cut state aid to education - but not to give voters a chance to hike their own taxes to help balance the budget.

]]> <![CDATA[Agreement reported on budget special session]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146656 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:28:14 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146656 A key Arizona lawmaker says Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Jan Brewer have a tentative plan for action to partially close the state's big budget shortfall during a mid-November special session.

]]> <![CDATA[County to weigh $20 photo radar fee]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146652 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:47:47 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146652 Members of the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors are holding a hearing Wednesday to discuss adding a $20 fee to photo enforcement tickets issued by the Department of Public Safety.

]]> <![CDATA[High court might review employer sanctions]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146611 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:01:21 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146611 The ability of Arizona to go after companies that hire undocumented workers could depend on the views of the Obama administration.

]]> <![CDATA[Charges dropped in burying of fetus]]> http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146627 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:28:52 -0700"; http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/146627 A recent Court of Appeals decision opened the door for a Mesa woman and her mother to get out of trouble for burying a dead baby in the desert.

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