Arizona court keeps candidate off ballot over English skills

(Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a city council candidate with limited English skills could be kept off the ballot in a predominately Spanish-speaking town on the Mexico border, and her lawyers said they lacked resources to appeal. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touched off a furor last week when he disqualified Alejandrina Cabrera, 35, from running for city council ...
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-court-rules-candidate-weak-english-barred-021556232.html

Published: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:16:01 -0800

AZ lawmakers back bill to require Amazon tax duty

Amazon.com says it'd be illegal but Arizona legislators are moving ahead with a bill that would require the online retailer to collect sales tax on purchases by state residents.
http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2012/02/08/20120208arizona-online-sales-tax-amazon.html

Published: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:41:33 -0800

Arizona and Merchants Information Solutions Celebrating 100 Years -- One Day Apart

PHOENIX, AZ-- - On February 15, 1912, just one day after the Arizona Territory became America's 48th state, Merchants Information Solutions was "born" as Merchants & Manufacturers' Association ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/arizona-merchants-information-solutions-celebrating-110000115.html

Published: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:00:00 -0800

Arizona Supreme Court bars candidate with limited English

The Arizona Supreme Court upholds a Superior Court ruling that Alejandrina Cabrera may not appear on the San Luis City Council ballot because her English language skills are insufficient. A would-be city council candidate in Arizona will not appear on an upcoming ballot because her English skills are insufficient, the state's Supreme Court decided Tuesday.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-san-luis-english-20120208,0,363432.story?track=rss

Published: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:45:19 -0800

Arizona eyes online retailers as tax collectors

Arizona is moving toward making online merchants collect sales tax on residents' purchases, a departure from the state's previous hands-office stance.
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-eyes-online-retailers-tax-collectors-200108348.html

Published: Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:01:08 -0800

Arizona knocks Cal out of first place in Pac-12

Arizona and California have gone to the wire so many times of late, it's no wonder things turned testy. Kyle Fogg hit a go-ahead 3-pointer under pressure with 1:19 to play and finished with 23 points, Jesse Perry added a key basket with 45.2 seconds left and Arizona knocked Cal out of the Pac-12 lead with a wild 78-74 victory Thursday night.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaab/recap?gid=201202020095

Published: Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:02:42 -0800

3 Arizona Wildcats football players headed to NFL combine

Three former Arizona Wildcats have been officially invited to the NFL combine: Quarterback Nick Foles, wide receiver Juron Criner and CB Trevin Wade.
http://www.azcentral.com/sports/articles/2012/02/07/20120207arizona-wildcats-nfl-combine-nick-foles-juron-criner.html

Published: Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:27:08 -0800

Arizona candidate says English challenge an abuse of power

SAN LUIS, Arizona (Reuters) - An Arizona city council candidate struck from the ballot over her limited English skills concedes she isn't fluent in the language but called the legal challenge an abuse of power that could keep her from serving a poor border community where most residents speak only Spanish. ...
http://news.yahoo.com/arizona-candidate-says-english-challenge-abuse-power-143934322.html

Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:51:37 -0800

Arizona high-school referee fingerprinting enacted

Arizona high-school sports officials will fingerprint thousands of referees and umpires in the wake of a September sex-abuse case.
http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2012/01/18/20120118arizona-high-school-referee-fingerprinting-enacted.html

Published: Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:57:45 -0800

Arizona coach finds positives in 40-point loss

Finding positives in a 40-point loss is no easy chore. Arizona coach Niya Butts insists she saw some in the Wildcats' 91-51 setback against No. 4 Stanford on Saturday. "I didn't like the outcome but the team did a lot of things this weekend that we really improved on," Butts said. The Wildcats played California tough on Thursday night before falling 77-74 in overtime.
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaaw/news?slug=ap-t25-arizona

Published: Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:02:33 -0800