The conservative Republican is set to become governor when Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, steps down to become U.S. Homeland Security Secretary in the Obama administration.
The first Thanksgiving festival was celebrated in 1621 in Massachusetts by the Pilgrims, immigrants to America, out of gratitude for a plentiful harvest.
As we sit around our Thanksgiving tables this Thursday, almost all of us immigrants or their descendants, we’re reminded that one of President-elect Obama’s most important challenges will be to mend our broken immigration policy.
For the red-state home of President-elect Barack Obama's former rival, such attention may be surprising.
Those unfamiliar with U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva's long record of accomplishment in southern Arizona may also be surprised that this Tucson resident wound up in contention for secretary of the Interior.
This PS10 solar tower plant near Seville can generate 10MW of electricity. Photograph: Denis Doyle / Getty
In the desert of southern Spain, 20 miles outside Seville, more than 1,000 mirrors are being carefully positioned. Each is about half the size of a tennis court, so the adjustments will take time. But when they are complete in a few weeks, it will mark a major moment in the quest for renewable energy.
As the prominent numbers wizard presented his case to a gathering of Republican National Committee members, Arizona GOP chair Randy Pullen shook his head. "He's got it wrong," Pullen said.
It is unknown whether a supermarket ever will set up shop in downtown Tempe, but a grocer apparently plans to open a mile away.
According to city documents, Fresh & Easy Neighborhood Market is poised to move into a soon-to-be-empty storefront on the southeast corner of Mill Avenue and Broadway Road.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — USA Basketball is moving its headquarters from Colorado Springs, Colo. to the Phoenix suburb of Glendale, adding to the city's growing roster of sports facilities.
The Glendale City Council on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding for the project, which will include USA Basketball's executive offices, a multi-court training facility and a 150-room hotel.
Associated Press Writer= LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Arkansas remains the only state from the former Confederacy not to elect an African-American to Congress or any statewide office since Reconstruction — and last week it soundly rejected the man set to become the nation's first black president.
Barack Obama lost by 20 percentage points, even though fellow Democrats control all of Arkansas' statewide offices, both chambers of the Legislature and three of its four congressional districts.
The New York Times reports that congressional Democrats are going to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration even after the president leaves office in January. That could prove to be quite a task.
Where to begin… Abuse of the power of the Executive Branch… Torture of detainees… The role of former White House aides Harriet Miers and Karl Rove in the firing of federal prosecutors… Eavesdropping without a warrant. It’s a very long list.
The rub is that President Bush may be able to block subpoenas long after he leaves the White House.
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